Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)

Assembly of the Republic

Cumhuriyet Meclisi
Assembly of the Republic ; Cumhuriyet Meclisi
10th Parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	15 November 1983
Preceded by	Turkish Federated Assembly of Cyprus
Leadership
Speaker of Parliament	Ziya Öztürkler (UBP); since 21 October 2024
Deputy Speaker of Parliament	Fazilet Özdenefe (CTP); since 7 March 2022
Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus	Ünal Üstel (UBP); since 12 May 2022
Leader of the Main Opposition of Northern Cyprus	Tufan Erhürman (CTP); since 22 May 2019
Structure
Seats	50
Political groups	Government (29) UBP (24); DP (3); YDP (2); Opposition (20) CTP (18); Independents (2); Vacant (1)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation; D'Hondt method with 5% electoral threshold
Last election	23 January 2022
Next election	TBD
Motto
	Egemenlik Kayıtsız Şartsız Ulusundur; Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation
Meeting place
	Assembly of the Republic; Ortaköy, Lefkoşa; Northern Cyprus
Website
	Assembly of the Northern Cyprus

The Assembly of the Republic (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Meclisi) is the parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It has 50 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation. The parliament is made up of 50 MPs, chosen from six electoral districts.^[1]

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