{{short description|Political party in Northern Cyprus}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox political party | name = National Unity Party | native_name = Ulusal Birlik Partisi | logo = Northern_Cyprus_Unity_Party_logo.png | logo_size = 175px | colorcode = {{party color|National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)}} | leader = [[Ünal Üstel]] | founder = [[Rauf Denktaş]] | foundation = {{start date and age|1975|10|11|df=y}} | headquarters = [[North Nicosia]]<!--, [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]]--> | ideology = {{no wrap|[[Liberal conservatism]]<ref>{{cite book | last1=Varnava | first1=Andrekos | url=https://archive.org/details/britishimperiali0000varn | isbn=978-0-7190-8640-3 | title=British imperialism in Cyprus, 1878-1915 : The inconsequential possession | date=2012 | publisher=Manchester University Press }}</ref><br />[[National conservatism]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/ncyprus.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221223231/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/ncyprus.html | archive-date=21 December 2017 | title=Parties and Elections in Europe }}</ref><br>[[Turkish nationalism]]<br>[[Two-state solution (Cyprus)|Two-state solution]]}} | position = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]] | european = [[European Conservatives and Reformists Party|European Conservatives and Reformists]] (until 2022) | colors = {{nowrap|{{color box|#f17e00}} Orange}}<br />{{nowrap|{{color box|#FEFEFE}} White}}<br />{{nowrap|{{color box|#292929}} Black}} | seats1_title = [[Parliament of Northern Cyprus|Parliament]] | seats1 = {{composition bar|24|50|hex={{party color|National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)}}}} | seats2_title = [[Municipalities of Northern Cyprus|Municipalities]] | seats2 = {{composition bar|6|18|hex={{party color|National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)}}}} | website = {{url|ulusalbirlikpartisi.com.tr}} | country = Northern Cyprus }} The '''National Unity Party''' ({{langx|tr|Ulusal Birlik Partisi}}, '''UBP''') is a political party in [[Northern Cyprus]]. The UBP party was founded by [[Rauf Denktaş]] on 11 October 1975. The party was in power from its creation until the 2003 elections with the exception of the period from 1994–1996. Ideologically, it has been variously described as [[conservative]], [[Turkish nationalism|nationalist]], [[liberal conservative]], and [[national-conservative]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2022|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/northerncyprus.html|url-status=live|title=Northern Cyprus|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213062652/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/northerncyprus.html|archive-date=13 February 2024|access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref> The party is positioned on the [[right-wing]] of the political spectrum,<ref>{{cite news|date=23 January 2022|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220123-turkish-cypriots-vote-under-shadow-of-economic-crisis|url-status=live|title=Turkish Cypriots vote under shadow of economic crisis|location=Nicosia|agency=Agence-France Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226072009/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220123-turkish-cypriots-vote-under-shadow-of-economic-crisis |archive-date=26 December 2022|access-date=13 February 2024|via=France24|quote=Opinion polls indicate that the right-wing National Unity Party (UBP), which envisions a two-state solution to the island's division, will do the best in the election for a new parliament, where it holds 21 seats.}}</ref> and it supports a [[Two-state solution (Cyprus)|two-state solution]] to the [[Cyprus dispute]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Morley|first=Nathan|date=19 April 2009|url=https://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-19-voa17.cfm |url-status=dead|title=Turkish Cypriots Vote Could Complicate Reunification Talks|location=Nicosia|agency=Voice of America|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422161019/https://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-19-voa17.cfm|archive-date=22 April 2009|access-date=13 February 2024|via=VOA News}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Varnava|first1=Andrekos|author-link1=Andrekos Varnava|last2=Yakinthou|first2=Christalla|year=2011|chapter-url=https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/38592/chapter-abstract/334658950<!--?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false-->|chapter=Cyprus: Political Modernity and the Structures of Democracy in a Divided Island|editor-last1=Hendriks|editor-first1=Frank|editor-last2=Lidström|editor-first2=Anders|editor-last3=Loughlin|editor-first3=John|title=The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-1915-9471-7|page=469<!--455–476-->|doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199562978.003.0020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213063010/https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/38592/chapter-abstract/334658950<!--?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false-->|archive-date=13 February 2024|access-date=13 February 2024|via=Oxford Academic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gültekin|first=Bahadır|date=16 November 2019|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cyprus-talks-cannot-last-forever-turkish-cypriot-pm-148742|url-status=live|title=Cyprus talks cannot last forever: Turkish Cypriot PM<!-- - Türkiye News-->|location=Istanbul|work=Hürriyet Daily News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213063953/https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cyprus-talks-cannot-last-forever-turkish-cypriot-pm-148742|archive-date=13 February 2024|access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref> Until April 2022, the party was a member of the [[European Conservatives and Reformists Party]], which it had joined in April 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acreurope.eu/item/acre_welcomes_our_new_member_parties|url-status=dead|title=Welcome to our new member parties|website=ACRE Europe|date=7 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408081542/https://acreurope.eu/item/acre_welcomes_our_new_member_parties|archive-date=8 April 2017|access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref>
In the [[2005 Northern Cypriot presidential election]], the party's candidate [[Derviş Eroğlu]] amassed 22.8% of the votes. In the [[2009 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election]], the party won 44% of the popular vote and 26 out of 50 seats, forming a [[majority government]] led by Eroğlu.<ref>{{cite news|last=Morley|first=Nathan|date=30 April 2009|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-30-voa41.cfm/|url-status=dead|title=Cyprus Peace Talks Face Dual Threat|location=Nicosia|agency=Voice of America|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506170145/http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-30-voa41.cfm/|archive-date=6 May 2009|access-date=13 February 2024|via=VOA News}}</ref> The party also won the [[2010 Northern Cypriot presidential election|2010 Northern Cyprus presidential election]] with Eroğlu as its candidate, and the [[2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election]] with [[Ersin Tatar]] as its candidate. From 2016 until [[2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election]], the party was the senior partner in a [[minority government]] with the [[Democratic Party (Northern Cyprus)|Democratic Party]], with its leader [[Hüseyin Özgürgün]] serving as prime minister. It had previously been a junior partner in a [[coalition government]] with the [[Republican Turkish Party]], preceded by a period as the opposition party between 2013 and 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/dunya/kktcde-yeni-hukumete-onay,HRrObqmIWU2MoqjjmET0Iw|url-status=live|title=KKTC'de Kalyoncu başbakanlığındaki yeni koalisyon hükümetine onay|trans-title=Approval for the new coalition government led by Kalyoncu prime minister in TRNC|website=NTV|language=tr|date=15 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213063018/https://www.ntv.com.tr/dunya/kktcde-yeni-hukumete-onay,HRrObqmIWU2MoqjjmET0Iw|archive-date=13 February 2024|access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref> Since January 2023, the party has been led by [[Ünal Üstel]], who replaced [[Faiz Sucuoğlu]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Tarihi|first=Yayın|date=1 November 2021|url=https://www.kibrispostasi.com/c35-KIBRIS_HABERLERI/n398381-ubpnin-yeni-genel-baskani-faiz-sucuoglu-oldu|url-status=live|title=UBP'nin yeni Genel Başkanı Faiz Sucuoğlu oldu|trans-title=Faiz Sucuoğlu became the new Chairman of UBP|work=Kıbrıs Postası|language=tr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213063013/https://www.kibrispostasi.com/c35-KIBRIS_HABERLERI/n398381-ubpnin-yeni-genel-baskani-faiz-sucuoglu-oldu|archive-date=13 February 2024|access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref>
== Election results == {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |+ [[Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)|Assembly of the Republic]] ! rowspan=2| Election ! colspan=3| Votes ! colspan=2| Seats ! style="width:100px" rowspan=2| Role ! style="width:200px" rowspan=2| Notes |- ! style="width:50px"| No. ! style="width:50px"| % ! style="width:50px"| Rank ! style="width:50px"| No. ! style="width:50px"| ± |- ! [[1976 Northern Cypriot general election|1976]] | 408,380 | 53.8 | 1st | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|30|40|hex=#f17e00}} | new | {{yes|Government}} | |- ! [[1981 Northern Cypriot general election|1981]] | 431,732 | 42.5 | 1st | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|18|40|hex=#f17e00}} | {{decrease}} 12 | {{yes|Government}} | |- ! [[1985 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election|1985]] | 546,582 | 36.8 | 1st | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|24|50|hex=#f17e00}} | {{increase}} 6 | {{yes|Government}} | |- ! [[1990 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election|1990]] | 954,592 | 54.7 | 1st | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|34|50|hex=#f17e00}} | {{increase}} 10 | {{yes|Government}} | |- ! [[1993 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election|1993]] | 535,316 | 29.8 | 1st | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|16|50|hex=#f17e00}} | {{decrease}} 18 | {{no2|Opposition}} | In government from 1996 |- ! [[1998 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election|1998]] | 440,626 | 40.3 | 1st | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|24|50|hex=#f17e00}} | {{increase}} 8 | {{yes2|UBP–[[Democratic Party (Northern Cyprus)|DP]] coalition}} | |- ! [[2003 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election|2003]] | 439,249 | 32.9 | 2nd | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|18|50|hex=#f17e00}} | {{decrease}} 6 | {{no2|Opposition}} | |- ! [[2005 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election|2005]] | 410,813 | 31.7 | 2nd | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|19|50|hex=#f17e00}} | {{increase}} 1 | {{no2|Opposition}} | |- ! [[2009 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election|2009]] | 622,804 | 44.1 | 1st | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|26|50|hex=#f17e00}} | {{increase}} 7 | {{yes|Government}} | |- ! [[2013 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election|2013]] | 339,864 | 27.3 | 2nd | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|14|50|hex=#f17e00}} | {{decrease}} 12 | {{no2|Opposition}} | In government from 2016 |- ! [[2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election|2018]] | 1,907,030 | 35.6 | 1st | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|21|50|hex=#f17e00}} | {{increase}} 7 | {{yes|Government}} | In government from 2019 |- ! [[2022 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election|2022]] | 1,971,400 | 39.5 | 1st | style="text-align:right;"| {{composition bar compact|24|50|hex=#f17e00}} | {{increase}} 3 | {{yes2|UBP–[[Democratic Party (Northern Cyprus)|DP]]–[[Rebirth Party (Northern Cyprus)|YDP]] coalition}} |}
== Party leaders == * [[Rauf Denktaş]] (11 October 1975 – 3 July 1976) * [[Nejat Konuk]] (3 July 1976 – 2 March 1978) * [[Osman Örek]] (18 April 1978 – 7 January 1979) * [[Mustafa Çağatay]] (7 January 1979 – 30 November 1983) * [[Derviş Eroğlu]] (18 December 1983 – 11 February 2006) * [[Hüseyin Özgürgün]] (11 February 2006 – 16 December 2006) * [[Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu]] (16 December 2006 – 29 November 2008) * [[Derviş Eroğlu]] (29 November 2008 – 23 April 2010) * [[İrsen Küçük]] (9 May 2010 – 11 June 2013) * [[Hüseyin Özgürgün]] (31 August 2013 – 30 October 2018) * [[Ersin Tatar]] (30 October 2018 – 23 October 2020) * [[Ersan Saner]] (20 December 2020 – 31 October 2021) * [[Faiz Sucuoğlu]] (31 October 2021 – 1 January 2023) * [[Ünal Üstel]] (since 1 January 2023)
== See also == * [[List of political parties in Northern Cyprus]]
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.ulusalbirlikpartisi.com/ Official website]
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