Ersin tartare

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Ersin tartare

Ersin Tatar (* 1960 in Nicosia , Cyprus ) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who has been Prime Minister of the internationally unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) since 2019 . He took office after the collapse of Tufan Erhürman's coalition government in May 2019. He is chairman of the National Unity Party (UBP) and was an opposition leader.

Earlier life

Ersin Tatar was born in 1960 in Nicosia on the then unified island of Cyprus. He completed his high school education in England , and attended the University of Cambridge , where he graduated 1,982th

career

From 1982 to 1986 Tatar worked as an accountant at PriceWaterhouse in England. Between 1986 and 1991 he worked for PollyPeck . In 1991 he moved to Ankara, where he worked for FMC Nurol Defense Industry Co. until 1992. From 1992 to 2001 he was the Finance Director of Show TV . He was also an active member of the Cypriot diaspora community in Turkey and was chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Cultural Association of Istanbul from 1997 to 2001.

politics

Tatar entered politics in 2003 and joined the UBP . He was first elected to parliament in 2009 and served as finance minister under Derviş Eroğlu until his party's defeat in 2013. In 2015, he ran for UBP leadership and lost. In 2018 he ran again and won. Tatar backed the 2019 Turkish offensive in northeast Syria , saying that the Cypriot Turks would always be on Turkey's side. Tatar itself supports the two-state solution in the Cyprus conflict .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Evie Andreou: Clash in north over direction of Cyprus problem. In: Cyprus Mail. May 23, 2019, accessed March 30, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c İpek Özerim: Ersin Tatar is the new leader of TRNC main opposition, the National Unity Party. In: T-Vine. November 1, 2018, accessed March 30, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Ersin Tatar kimdir? Ersin Tatar'ın biyografisi. In: Hürriyet . May 23, 2019, accessed March 30, 2020 (Turkish).
  4. ↑ KKTC'den Barış Pınarı Harekatı'na destek. In: TRT-Haber . October 9, 2019, accessed March 30, 2020 (Turkish).
  5. ↑ Bahadır Gültekin: Cyprus talks cannot last forever: Turkish Cypriot PM. In: Hürriyet Daily News . November 16, 2019, accessed March 30, 2020 .
  6. ^ Tatar Promotes Two-State Solution. In: LGC News. September 6, 2019, accessed March 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Tatar, Ersin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish Cypriot politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Nicosia , Cyprus