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Nicosia ( is the largest city on the island of ___MASK35___ . It is located near the centre of the Mesaoria plain , on the banks of the River Pedieos . The President of the ___MASK96___ is the head of state of the TRNC . Rauf Denkta was the first and founding president of Northern Cyprus , and retired in 2005 . His position was taken over by Mehmet Ali Talat , followed by Dervi Erolu and the current president , Mustafa Aknc . The Republican Turkish Party ( Turkish : Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi , CTP ) is a social - democratic political party in Northern ___MASK35___ . The party was founded in 1970 by Ahmet Mithat Berberolu , a lawyer , in opposition to the leadership of Fazl Küçük and Rauf Denkta . In the 1980s , the CTP ' s political position shifted to the left , to a pro - Soviet stance , as a result of an influx of members who had been students politicised at universities in ___MASK52___ . Under Özker Özgür the party held rapprochement meetings with the Greek leftist party of ___MASK35___ , Progressive Party of Working People ( AKEL ) . From 1996 the party was led by Mehmet Ali Talat until his election as president in 2005 . After the fall of Communism in eastern Europe and USSR a natural process of change started . The party ' s leader today is Ferdi Sabit Soyer and the party is leaning towards the European social - democratic and liberal system . The Republican Turkish party is for unification of the island , and Mehmet Ali Talat had begun to undertake weekly meetings with Demetris Christofias , regarding power sharing , armed forces , land ownership , and other problems that would arise in the event of reunification the island . On 30 June 2008 , the Republican Turkish Party became a consultative member of the Socialist International ( voted in by all members except the Movement for Social Democracy ) . It became a full member of the organization in 2014 . The party received 38 . 4 % of the votes in the 2013 parliamentary election and gained 21 seats in the Assembly of the Republic . Its leader , Özkan Yorgancolu led a coalition government , in which the CTP was the senior partner , with the Democratic Party from August 2013 till July 2015 . However , due to the failure of the party ' s candidate , Sibel Siber , to progress into the second round in the presidential election of 2015 , Yorgancolu decided to step down . Mehmet Ali Talat assumed the party ' s leadership again in June 2015 , replacing Yorgancolu . In June 2015 , the party became the senior partner in the current coalition with the National Unity Party , the second largest party in the parliament , with the CTP ' s member of parliament Ömer Kalyoncu leading the coalition . Rauf Denkta , or Denktash ( 27 January 192413 January 2012 ) was a Turkish Cypriot politician , barrister and jurist who served as the founding President of Northern ___MASK35___ . He occupied this position as the President of the ___MASK96___ between the declaration of the " de facto " state by Denkta in 1983 and 2005 , as the President of the Turkish Federated State of ___MASK35___ between 1975 and 1983 and as the President of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration between 1974 and 1975 . He was also elected in 1973 as the Vice - President of the Republic of ___MASK35___ . ___MASK52___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK52___ ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . ___MASK52___ is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage . ___MASK52___ is bordered by eight countries : ___MASK57___ to the west ; Bulgaria to the northwest ; Georgia to the northeast ; Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east ; and ___MASK8___ and Syria to the south . The Aegean Sea is to the west , the Black Sea to the north , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . The Bosphorus , the Sea of Marmara , and the Dardanelles , which together form the Turkish Straits , divide Thrace and Anatolia ; they also separate Europe and Asia . ___MASK52___ ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . ___MASK35___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK35___ , is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean . It is located south of ___MASK52___ , west of ___MASK10___ and ___MASK12___ , northwest of Israel and Palestine , north of Egypt , and southeast of Greece . Fazl Küçük ( 14 March 1906 in Nicosia  15 January 1984 in ___MASK82___ ) was the first Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus . ___MASK82___ is the capital and most populous city of ___MASK30___ and the United Kingdom , as well as the most populous city proper in the ___MASK71___ . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , ___MASK82___ has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". ___MASK82___ ' s ancient core , the City of ___MASK82___ , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " ___MASK82___ " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up ___MASK69___ , governed by the Mayor of ___MASK82___ and the ___MASK82___ Assembly . Northern ___MASK35___ , officially the ___MASK96___ ( TRNC ), is a self - declared state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of ___MASK35___ . Recognised only by Turkey , Northern ___MASK35___ is considered by the international community to be part of the Republic of ___MASK35___ .