The names of the presidential candidates, based on the timing of their applications filed, are as follows:

-Mustafa Kemal Tumkan (independent)
-Dr. Dervis Eroglu (National Unity Party)
-Arif Salih Kirdag (independent)
-Mehmet Ali Talat (current TRNC President & an independent candidate)
-Zeki Besiktepeli (independent)
-Ayhan Kaymak (independent)
-Serap Tezcan (independent)
-Tahsin Ertugruloglu (independent)
 

from Turkish Weekly