19.10.2025 20:00
In the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the presidential election took place. According to the results from 580 out of 777 ballot boxes, Tufan Erhürman, the leader of the main opposition party CTP, became the new president of the TRNC. With the unofficial results indicating his victory, Erhürman's background has also become a topic of interest.
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Today, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) went to the polls to elect a new president. Citizens voted between 08:00 and 18:00 across the country as part of the presidential election.
ACCORDING TO UNOFFICIAL RESULTS, ERHÜRMAN IS THE PRESIDENT
According to the results from 580 out of 777 ballot boxes, Tufan Erhürman, the leader of the main opposition party CTP, became the new president of the TRNC. The background of Erhürman, who is leading according to unofficial results, has also become a topic of curiosity.
WHO IS TUFAN ERHÜRMAN?
Tufan Erhürman was born in 1970. He participated in the negotiations for the resolution of the Cyprus dispute between 2008 and 2010. Previously, he worked at the Turkish Ministry of Justice between 1999 and 2004 and contributed to the establishment of the ombudsman institution in Turkey.
He became the Chairman of the Republican Turkish Party (CTP). Since January 2018, he served as Prime Minister as the leader of a four-party coalition. While the coalition government resigned on May 9, 2019, Erhürman continued his duties as Prime Minister until he was succeeded by Ersin Tatar on May 22, 2019.
Erhürman completed his secondary education at the Turkish Maarif College. He enrolled in the Faculty of Law at Ankara University in 1988. He also obtained his master's and doctoral degrees from Ankara University. His doctoral thesis in 2001 was on "The Extrajudicial Control of the Institution and the Ombudsman."
Between 1995 and 2001, Erhürman taught public law courses at Ankara University, Middle East Technical University, and Hacettepe University. Later, he taught at Eastern Mediterranean University between 2001-2006 and 2008-2013. Erhürman also taught at Near East University between 2006-2008.
Erhürman participated in the negotiations for the resolution of the Cyprus issue during the presidency of Mehmet Ali Talat between 2008 and 2010.
In the 2013 elections, he became a candidate for the Lefkoşa parliamentary seat and was elected as a member of parliament as the candidate of the Republican Turkish Party-United Forces.
During that period, he worked intensively to amend the constitution with 23 amendments accepted by the four parties represented in parliament. However, in the 2014 referendum, 62.3% of voters rejected the new constitution. He became the Secretary-General of the Republican Turkish Party-United Forces.
On November 13, 2016, Erhürman became the leader of the Republican Turkish Party and thus the leader of the main opposition. He was re-elected as a Member of Parliament in the 2018 early elections, but could not prevent his party from losing 9 seats.
On January 19, 2018, negotiations began to form a coalition among the four parties consisting of the Republican Turkish Party, the People's Party, the Democratic Party, and the Social Democracy Party, ultimately resulting in the establishment of Erhürman's cabinet.
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