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1998 Northern Cypriot Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 6 December 1998.Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: Legislative elections of 6 December 1998 Adam Carr The emerged as the largest party in the Assembly of the Republic, winning 24 of the 50 seats. Electoral system At the time of the election, Northern Cyprus was divided into five constituencies, electing a total of 50 members of t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Northern Cypriot Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 12 December 1993.Report on the situation in Cyprus (recent political developments) Parliamentary Assembly, 15 December 1994 Although the ruling (UBP) received the most votes, a government was formed by the opposition and the |
National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)
The National Unity Party ( tr, Ulusal Birlik Partisi, UBP) is a national conservatism, national-conservative List of political parties in Northern Cyprus, political party in Northern Cyprus. It was founded by Rauf Denktaş on 11 October 1975. The party was in power from its creation until the 2003 elections with the exception of the period from 1994–1996. In the 2009 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, 2009 legislative elections for the Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus), House of Representatives of Northern Cyprus the party won 44% of the popular vote and 26 out of 50 seats, forming a majority government. Its candidate, former Prime minister, Prime Minister Derviş Eroğlu amassed at the Northern Cyprus 2005 Northern Cypriot presidential election, presidential elections (of 17 April 2005) 22.8% of the votes. From 2016 until 2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, elections in early 2018, the party was the senior partner in a minority government with the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 In Northern Cyprus
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up to 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Elections In Europe
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Cyprus Party
The New Cyprus Party (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Yeni Kıbrıs Partisi'') is a Democratic socialism, democratic socialist Turkish-Cypriot political party. Before 2004 it was known as the Patriotic Unity Movement (''Yurtsever Birlik Hareketi''). References External linksOfficial website 1989 establishments in Northern Cyprus Cypriot nationalism Democratic socialist parties in Europe Ecosocialist parties Party of the European Left observer parties Political parties established in 1989 Political parties in Northern Cyprus Socialist parties in Cyprus {{NCyprus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Rebirth Party (Northern Cyprus)
The National Rebirth Party ( Turkish: ''Ulusal Diriliş Partisi'') is a political party in Northern Cyprus without parliamentary representation. The party, led by Enver Emin, had representation after the 1998 elections. The party merged with the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo .... References Political parties in Northern Cyprus Nationalist parties {{NCyprus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Turkish Party
The Republican Turkish Party ( tr, Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi, CTP) is a social-democratic political party in Northern Cyprus. The party was founded in 1970 by Ahmet Mithat Berberoğlu, a lawyer, in opposition to the leadership of Fazıl Küçük and Rauf Denktaş. On 30 June 2008, the Republican Turkish Party became a consultative member of the Socialist International (voted in by all members except the Greek Cypriot Movement for Social Democracy). It became a full member of the organization in 2014. Policies and ideology The CTP is a social democratic political party, positioned on the centre-left on the political spectrum. The party espoused a pro-Soviet stance during the Cold War, especially under the leadership of Özker Özgür. However, the party never described itself as explicitly communist. Under Özgür, the party held rapprochement meetings with the Greek-Cypriot dominated leftist party of Cyprus, the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL). Under Mehmet Ali T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (Northern Cyprus)
The Democratic Party (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Demokrat Parti'', DP) is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Northern Cyprus, political party in Northern Cyprus. The leader of the party is Fikri Ataoğlu. Overview The Democratic Party was founded as a breakaway from the ruling right-wing National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus), National Unity Party (UBP) in 1992. The party merged in 1993 with the New Dawn Party (YDP), a party representing the interests of the Turkish settlers in Northern Cyprus, and consistently had high levels of support in the settler population until the 2003 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, 2003 election. Rauf Denktaş had considerable influence on the party. At the 2005 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, legislative elections for the Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus), Assembly of the Republic on 20 January 2005, the party won 13.5% of the popular vote and 6 out of 50 seats. Its candidate, Mustafa Arabacıoğlu, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proportional Representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divisions (political parties) of the electorate. The essence of such systems is that all votes cast - or almost all votes cast - contribute to the result and are actually used to help elect someone—not just a plurality, or a bare majority—and that the system produces mixed, balanced representation reflecting how votes are cast. "Proportional" electoral systems mean proportional to ''vote share'' and ''not'' proportional to population size. For example, the US House of Representatives has 435 districts which are drawn so roughly equal or "proportional" numbers of people live within each district, yet members of the House are elected in first-past-the-post elections: first-past-the-post is ''not'' proportional by vote share. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. List of states with limited recognition, Recognised only by Turkey, Northern Cyprus is considered by the international community to be part of the Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus. Northern Cyprus extends from Cape Apostolos Andreas, the tip of the Karpass Peninsula in the northeast to Morphou Bay, Cape Kormakitis and its westernmost point, the Kokkina exclave in the west. Its southernmost point is the village of Louroujina. A United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus, buffer zone under the control of the United Nations stretches between Northern Cyprus and the rest of the island and divides Nicosia, the island's largest city and capital of both sides. A 1974 Cypriot coup d'état, coup d'état in 1974, performed as part of an attempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Northern Cypriot Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 15 December 2003.Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: Legislative elections of 15 December 2003 Adam Carr Having come fourth in the 1998 elections, the emerged as the largest party in the Assembly of the Republic, winning 19 of the 50 sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Northern Cyprus
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic. The president is head of state and the prime minister head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Assembly of the Republic. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The prime minister must control a majority of parliament in order to govern. There have been ten prime ministers of Northern Cyprus since 1983. The premiership's precursor was a post known as the "president of the Turkish Cypriot Communal Chamber". The only man to occupy this post was Rauf Denktaş from 29 December 1969 to 5 July 1976. There were three prime ministers before the Turkish Cypriot community's unilateral declaration of independence in 1983. The incumbent prime minister, Ünal Üstel, took the oath on 12 May 2022. See also *Assembly of the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
