Approaches of political parti̇es in turkish republic of Northern Cyprus to Cyprus issue

In this study, approaches of political parties in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to Cyprus Issue will be examined. Although it is impossible to oversee contributions and effects of guarantor states and international organizations to Cyprus Issue, political parties in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are the reflectors of will of Cypriots. In order to examine politics of political parties, history of Cyprus Issue, general elections and presidential elections since 1976 will be evaluated. Furthermore, leftist and rightist parties that formed governments and Presidents with leftist and rightist backgrounds will be examined in regard to their perspectives of Cyprus Issue. Presidential office runs negotiations with Greek side in the name of Cypriots as their representatives. In this study, literature review was conducted with the help of quantitative study. In addition, interwievss were held with Derviş Eroğlu who is the third President of T.R.N.C. and Assembly Member of Communal Democracy Party, Mehmet Burhan.