that would arise in the event of reunification of the island. Ferdi Sabit Soyer served as leader of the CTP for a certain period, and became prime minister in April 2005 after Talat's presidential victory, serving until May 2009. The CTP lost the 2009 legislative election to the National Unity Party, and entered into opposition in the Assembly of the Republic. After winning the 2013 elections with 38% of the vote and 21 seats, the CTP chairman Özkan Yorgancıoğlu, in office since 2011, became prime minister of Northern Cyprus on 2 September 2013. His government also included the rightist Democratic Party (DP). In the 2015 presidential elections, CTP fielded Sibel Siber as their candidate. However, Siber took just under 23% of the vote, and was eliminated in the first round of voting. As a result, Özkan Yorgancıoğlu resigned as prime minister two months later; Ömer Kalyoncu, also of the CTP, then formed a grand coalition with the National Unity Party. On 16 April 2016, the CTP government was ousted by a coalition led by Hüseyin Özgürgün, consisting of the National Unity Party and the Democrats, who together ruled Northern Cyprus as a minority government until 2018. The Republican Turkish Party was returned to power following the 2018 elections. Despite dropping from 38% of the popular vote and first place in 2013 to only 21% and second place, the party was able to put together a four-party coalition, which also included the People's Party, the Communal Democracy Party and the Democratic Party, and held 27 of the 50 seats in parliament. The leader of CTP, Tufan Erhürman, was appointed Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus by President Mustafa Akıncı on 2 February 2018. Leaders of the Republican Turkish Party Ahmet Mithat Berberoğlu (27 December 1970 – 31 October 1976) Özker Özgür (31 October 1976 – 14 January 1996) Mehmet Ali Talat (14 January 1996 – 21 May 2005) Ferdi Sabit Soyer (21 May 2005 – 5 June 2011) Özkan Yorgancıoğlu (5 June 2011 – 14 June 2015) Mehmet Ali Talat (14 June 2015 – 13 November 2016) Tufan Erhürman (13 November 2016 – present) Election results Parliamentary References External links Cypriot nationalism Political parties in Northern Cyprus Parties related to the Party of European Socialists Social democratic parties Progressive Alliance Full member parties of the Socialist International Political parties established in 1970 1970 establishments in Cyprus