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He lost the presidential election of 2010 and was replaced by Derviş Eroğlu as President.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"6 July 1952","date":"1952-07-06"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312245#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kyrenia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206760"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312245#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Northern Cyprus","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23681"},{"text":"Turkey","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312245#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312245#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Republican Turkish Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q731357"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312245#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Faculty of Engineering, Middle East Technical University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6042273"},{"text":"Middle East Technical University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q756126"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312245#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Chairman of the Republican Turkish Party (14 June 2015 – 13 November 2016)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141737065","start":"2015-06-14","end":"2016-11-13"},{"text":"President of Northern Cyprus (24 April 2005 – 23 April 2010)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2354210","start":"2005-04-24","end":"2010-04-23"},{"text":"Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (13 January 2004 – 24 April 2005)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2662165","start":"2004-01-13","end":"2005-04-24"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312245#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Ali_Talat","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312245"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Mehmet Ali Talat born?","a":"Mehmet Ali Talat was born on 6 July 1952 in Kyrenia."},{"q":"What positions has Mehmet Ali Talat held?","a":"Positions held by Mehmet Ali Talat include: Chairman of the Republican Turkish Party (2015–2016); President of Northern Cyprus (2005–2010); Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (2004–2005)."},{"q":"Where did Mehmet Ali Talat study?","a":"Mehmet Ali Talat was educated at Faculty of Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Middle East Technical University."}],"related":[{"name":"Tufan Erhürman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tufan-erhurman"},{"name":"Rauf Denktaş","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rauf-denktas"},{"name":"Derviş Eroğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dervis-eroglu"},{"name":"Ersin Tatar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ersin-tatar"},{"name":"Mustafa Akıncı","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mustafa-aknc"},{"name":"Mehmet Oz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehmet-oz"},{"name":"Ayhan Bilgen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ayhan-bilgen"},{"name":"Mehmet Harmancı","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehmet-harmanc"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/mehmet-ali-talat-569b3b95fd.jpg","width":500,"height":390,"license":"CC BY 3.0","credit":"Kemal Soğukdere","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mehmet_Ali_Talat_2025.png"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Mehmet Ali Talat","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Ali_Talat","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q312245","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312245","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Mehmet Ali Talat 2025.png by Kemal Soğukdere (CC BY 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mehmet_Ali_Talat_2025.png","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Mehmet Ali Talat, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Mehmet Ali Talat 2025.png — Kemal Soğukdere, CC BY 3.0.","cite":"\"Mehmet Ali Talat\". DigiNepal. Last updated 9 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/mehmet-ali-talat. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-09T06:51:08Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-14","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehmet-ali-talat","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehmet-ali-talat","ne":null}}