20.10.2025 00:11
The new President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Tufan Erhürman, held a rally in the capital city of Nicosia after winning the election. Expressing his gratitude to President Erdoğan, Erhürman stated, "We will carry out our efforts in foreign policy and the Cyprus issue in consultation with Turkey."
The new President of the TRNC, Tufan Erhürman, stated at a rally held in the capital Nicosia after winning the election, "We will carry out our work in foreign policy and the Cyprus issue in consultation with Turkey." Erhürman also thanked President Erdoğan.
Tufan Erhürman, who won the presidential election held in the TRNC, celebrated his election victory with a rally at Kızılbaş Park in the capital Nicosia.
"WE WILL NEVER BE DIVIDED"
At the rally, citizens carrying TRNC and Turkey flags chanted, "President Tufan Erhürman." In his speech, Erhürman said, "We will never be divided, we will never be fragmented, we will unite, we will integrate. From today onwards, I promise to embrace everyone, regardless of what anyone has said during the election process. We will never fall into the intoxication of victory. We have a lot of work to do for our children. There is a great struggle we need to give on the international stage. I ask you all to embrace each other," he said.
THANKS TO PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN
Touching on relations with Turkey, Erhürman stated, "As our previous four presidents have done, we will certainly carry out our work in foreign policy and the Cyprus issue in consultation with Turkey," and thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for congratulating him.
VOTE COUNT COMPLETED IN ALL BALLOT BOXES
The TRNC Supreme Election Board announced that votes had been counted in all 777 ballot boxes used in the presidential election and provided unofficial vote percentages. The Board stated that the voter turnout rate was 64.87%, indicating that 141,615 voters participated in the election, with 138,839 votes counted as valid. According to unofficial results, the Republican Turkish Party (CPT) presidential candidate Tufan Erhürman received 62.76% of the votes, while independent presidential candidate Ersin Tatar received 35.81% of the votes, and the other 5 candidates received less than 1% of the votes.
NO PRESIDENT EXCEPT DENKTAŞ HAS BEEN ELECTED A SECOND TIME
In the history of TRNC elections, no president except Rauf Denktaş has been elected a second time. Since 2005, every candidate who has taken the presidential seat has handed over their position to a candidate from the opposing view, whether right or left.