Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)

Assembly of the Republic Cumhuriyet Meclisi
14th Parliament of Northern Cyprus

Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker of Parliament	Sibel Siber, CTP Since 4 September 2013
Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus	Hüseyin Özgürgün, UBP Since 16 April 2016
Leader of the Main Opposition of Norhern Cyprus	Mehmet Ali Talat, CTP Since 16 April 2016
Structure
Seats	50

Political groups	Government National Unity Party: 18 seats Democratic Party: 5 seats Independent: 4 Main Opposition Republican Turkish Party: 20 seats Opposition Communal Democracy Party: 3 seats
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method
Last election	28 July 2013
Next election	2017
Meeting place
Assembly of the Republic Köşklüçiftlik, North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
Website
Assembly of the Norhern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus

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The Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi) is the parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It has 50 members, elected for a five-year term by mitigated proportional representation. A party must cross the election threshold (5% of the total vote) to be awarded any seats. The parliament is composed of 50 MPs, chosen from five electoral districts, which are coterminous with the districts of Northern Cyprus: Lefkoşa, Gazimağusa, Girne, Güzelyurt and İskele.

In Northern Cyprus parliamentary elections, voters vote for individual candidates. There are two ways of voting.

Voters can vote for a party, which in effect is voting for every MP candidate from that party in that district once. The voter can further prioritize the MPs in this kind of voting.
Alternatively, the voter may not choose a party, but vote for candidates from different parties. In this kind of mixed voting, the voter cannot choose more than the number of MPs the district is allotted.

2013 elections

Main article: Northern Cyprus parliamentary election, 2013

Parliamentary elections were last held on 28 July 2013. They were won by the Republican Turkish Party (CTP), thus deposing the National Unity Party (UBP) from power.

Results^[1]
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Republican Turkish Party	477,209	38.38	21	+6
National Unity Party	339,864	27.33	14	–12
Democratic Party	288,021	23.16	12	+7
Communal Democracy Party	92,110	7.41	3	+1
United Cyprus Party	39,127	3.15	0	0
Independents	7,110	0.57	0	0
Total	1,243,441	100	50	0
Turnout	120,287	69.61	N/A
Registered voters	172,803	100	N/A

Location

The parliament building is located on Osmanpaşa Caddesi, opposite the Turkish embassy in North Nicosia. The building is a two-storey colonial structure.

Council of Europe assembly representation

In 2004, the Turkish Cypriot community was awarded "observer status" in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Since then, the two Turkish Cypriot representatives to PACE are elected by the Assembly of Northern Cyprus.^[2]

2005–2007: CTP Özdil Nami; UBP Huseyin Ozgurgun^[3]
27 January 2011: CTP Mehmet Caglar; UBP Ahmet Eti^[4]
4 December 2013: CTP Mehmet Caglar; UBP Tahsin Ertugruloglu^[5]

References

↑ Adam Carr
↑ James Ker-Lindsay (UN SG's Former Special Representative for Cyprus) The Foreign Policy of Counter Secession: Preventing the Recognition of Contested States, p.149
↑ Today's Zaman
↑ Sabah
↑ RoC

External links

"Official website of the Assembly of the Republic" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 20 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
"List of deputies" (in Turkish). Official Website of the Assembly of the Republic. Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-04-22.

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Coordinates: 35°10′56″N 33°21′30″E / 35.18222°N 33.35833°E / 35.18222; 33.35833

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