Turkish Union Party (Northern Cyprus)

The TBP was established in 1979 by retired army officers, and was the Cypriot version of the Nationalist Movement Party in Turkey.^[1] It performed poorly in the 1980 local elections and won only a single seat in Famagusta in the 1981 National Council elections, taken by Tezer. However, in villages populated by Turkish settlers it received 32% of the vote.^[2]

Prior to the 1985 elections the party merged into the newly established New Dawn Party.^[2]

The TBP described itself as a national socialist party. It advocated Northern Cyprus becoming part of Turkey, and courted support from Turkish settlers.^[1] Tezer himself had moved to the island from Turkey after the 1974 invasion.^[2]