The Cyprus Turkish National Union (, KMTB) was a conservative political party representing the Turkish minority in

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

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Fazıl Küçük Fazıl Küçük (; ; 14 March 1906 – 15 January 1984) was a Turkish Cypriot politician and a medical doctor who served as the first Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus. Biography Fazıl Küçük, the son of a farmer, was born in Nicosi ...

.Marshall William Conley (1967
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History

The KMTB was established in 1955 as a successor to the

Cyprus is Turkish Party Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the third larg ...

, which had also been established by Küçük.Vincent E. McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p111 In the pre-independence elections in 1960 it won all 15 Turkish seats in the

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and all the seats in the Turkish Communal Chamber. The party had run opposed in the House seats in

Nicosia Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years and has been the capi ...

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and

Larnaca Larnaca, also spelled Larnaka, is a city on the southeast coast of Cyprus and the capital of the Larnaca District, district of the same name. With a district population of 155.000 in 2021, it is the third largest city in the country after Nicosi ...

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p441 In 1963 its MPs withdrew from parliament following the outbreak of intercommunal violence, but continued to legislate for the Turkish Cypriot population. In 1973 the party was dissolved and most of its members were involved in founding new political parties in the territory of

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...

Ideology

The party's primary objective was the protection of the civil rights of

Turkish Cypriots Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( or ; ) are so called ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots are mainly Sunni Muslims. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,000 Turkish settlers were given land onc ...

. Prior to independence in 1960, it advocated partition of the island, known in Turkish as Taksim. After independence was granted, it then supported the London and Zurich Agreements for power sharing in the country.

References

{{Cypriot political parties Defunct political parties in Cyprus Political parties established in 1955 Political parties disestablished in 1973 Turkish nationalism in Cyprus Turkish political parties 1955 establishments in Cyprus 1973 disestablishments in Cyprus