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Erhan Arıklı
Erhan Arıklı (born 1962, Ardahan) is a Turkish academic, politician and leader of the Rebirth Party. He participated in the 2020 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus presidential election as the candidate of the Rebirth Party. He started to work as the Minister of Public Works and Transport in the UBP+DP+YDP Coalition Government, which was established after the 23 January 2022 elections. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Arikli, Erhan Turkish Cypriot academics 1962 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebirth Party (Northern Cyprus)
The Rebirth Party ( tr, Yeniden Doğuş Partisi, YDP) is a political party in Northern Cyprus. It was founded on 7 October 2016. Its leader is Erhan Arıklı, a professor, and its Secretary General is Turan Büyükyılmaz. Arıklı has stated that the ideological basis of the party is "allegiance to the motherland, Turkey" and "to ensure the survival of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus". However, the party strongly rejects the classification of Northern Cyprus as the "daughter country" of Turkey and states that it advocates an equal relationship between Turkey and Northern Cyprus as independent states. The party represents the continuation of the New Dawn Party ( tr, Yeni Doğuş Partisi), a historical political party that represented the interest of the Turkish settlers in Northern Cyprus. It was founded with the reorganization of the Rebirth Movement, founded in 2015 as a "movement across party lines". The majority of its founders consisted of those who had their political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Northern Cypriot Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 11 October 2020 alongside a 2020 Northern Cypriot constitutional referendum, constitutional referendum, with a run-off held on 18 October 2020. They were originally scheduled to take place on 26 April 2020, but were postponed in March 2020 for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Cyprus, COVID-19 pandemic. No candidate won a majority of votes in the first round. The two candidates contesting the second round were Mustafa Akıncı, the incumbent President running as an independent candidate and supporting a federal solution to the Cyprus dispute, and Ersin Tatar, the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus, Prime Minister, running as the National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus), National Unity Party candidate, and opposing a federal solution in favour of a two-state solution. During his first term in office after being elected in 2015, Akıncı pursued a relationship with Turkey on the basis of Northern Cyprus not becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
