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Official Name:
Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus (T.R.N.C.) |
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Form of State:
Secular republic, based
on the Constitution of 1985 |
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Symbols |
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State
Coat of Arms |
National
Flag |
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Legislature:
Unicameral
Legislative
Assembly of 50 members elected for a five-year term by direct universal
suffrage.
Legislative Assembly, Nicosia |
Legislative Assembly
in session |
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- Last election:
December 6, 1998 (legislative)
- Next election due:
December, 2003
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Head of State:
President, directly elected
for five-year term. The current President Rauf
R. Denktash was re-elected for a third term in 1995, standing as an
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- Next election due:
15 April, 2000
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Judicial System
in the Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus. |
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Executive: Council of Ministers appointed by
the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.
The present government
is a coalition consisting of the centre-right National Unity Party (UBP)
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Main Political
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- Parliamentary parties
- National
Unity Party (UBP), with 23 MPs,
- Democrat Party, (DP),
with
15 MPs,
- Communal Liberation Party,
(TKP), with
7 MPs,
- Republican
Turkish Party, (CTP), with 5 MPs.
- Non-parliamentary parties
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