query: applies_to_jurisdiction national unity party 
supports: 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 Cyprus. He occupied this position as the President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between the declaration of the "de facto" state by Denkta in 1983 and 2005, as the President of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus 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 Cyprus. The President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 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. Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus, 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 Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and Palestine, north of Egypt, and southeast of Greece. Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Greece to the west; Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east; and Iraq 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. Turkey's location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history. The National Unity Party ( Turkish : Ulusal Birlik Partisi , UBP ) is a nationalist and conservative political party in Northern Cyprus . It was founded by Rauf Denkta on October 11 , 1975 . The party had stayed in power from its creation until the 2003 elections with the exception of the period from 1994 -- 1996 . At the 2009 legislative elections for the House of Representatives of Northern Cyprus the party won 44 % of the popular vote and 26 out of 50 seats . Its candidate , former Prime Minister Dervi Erolu amassed at the northern Cyprus presidential elections ( of 17 April 2005 ) 22.8 % of the votes . The party is currently the junior partner in a coalition with the Republican Turkish Party . It had been the main opposition party between 2013 and 2015 . Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a self-declared state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. Recognised only by Turkey, Northern Cyprus is considered by the international community to be part of the Republic of Cyprus.
candidates: armenia cyprus georgia greece iraq syria turkey turkish republic of northern cyprus
answer: turkish republic of northern cyprus