BPresident · 2005 – 2010Partially recognized
Mehmet Ali Talat
The second president of Northern Cyprus (b. 1952), leader of the Republican Turkish Party, elected in 2005.
An engineer, Mehmet Ali Talat led the Republican Turkish Party (CTP) from 1996, became prime minister in 2004 and that year backed the Annan Plan for reunifying Cyprus.
He won the presidential election of April 2005 and lost the 2010 election to Derviş Eroğlu.
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Updated: October 4, 2026