Assembly of the Republic (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 mitigated proportional representation. A party must cross the electoral threshold (5% of the total vote) to be awarded any seats. The parliament is composed of 50 MPs, chosen from six electoral districts, which are coterminous with the districts of Northern Cyprus: Lefkoşa, Gazimağusa, Girne, Güzelyurt, Lefke and İskele.

Assembly of the Republic Cumhuriyet Meclisi
10th Parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	15 November 1983 (41 years ago) (1983-11-15)
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

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.

Current composition

Main article: 10th Parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Main article: 2022 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were last held on 23 January 2022.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	National Unity Party	1,971,400	39.54	+3.93	24	+3
	Republican Turkish Party	1,597,137	32.04	+11.09	18	+6
	Democratic Party	369,239	7.41	–0.41	3	0
	People's Party	333,090	6.68	–10.39	3	–6
	Rebirth Party	318,763	6.39	–0.60	2	0
	Communal Democracy Party	220,610	4.42	–4.23	0	–3
	Independence Path	97,575	1.96	New	0	New
	Communal Liberation Party New Forces	76,902	1.54	–	0	0
	Independents	827	0.02	–0.11	0	0
Total		4,985,543	100.00	–	50	0
Total votes		117,421	–
Registered voters/turnout		203,792	57.62
Source: BRTK

Note: Each voter may cast multiple votes, one for each seat in the parliament. Hence, the vote totals may exceed the number of registered voters.

Location

The parliament building is located within new TRNC Republic Complex , opposite the TRNC Presidency in North Nicosia. The building is a new modern parliamentary building .

In 2025 National Assembly of Northern Cyprus relocated from Osmanpaşa Caddesi, North Nicosia to a newly designated administrative Complex. The move aimed to modernize parliamentary facilities in TRNC.

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.^[1]

• 2005–2007: CTP Özdil Nami; UBP Huseyin Ozgurgun^[2]
• 27 January 2011: CTP Mehmet Caglar; UBP Ahmet Eti^[3]
• 4 December 2013: CTP Mehmet Caglar; UBP Tahsin Ertugruloglu^[4]

See also

• List of speakers of the Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)