Original sentence: He was the leader of the left wing Republican Turkish Party (Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi).Mehmet Ali Talat (born 6 July 1952) is the former President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.Talat was inaugurated on 25 April 2005, succeeding retiring President Rauf Denktaş
Edited sentence: Mehmet Ali Talat (born 6 July 1952) is the former Turkish-Cypriot leader of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.Talat was inaugurated on 25 April 2005, succeeding retiring leader Rauf Denktaş.Talat was the leader of the left wing Republican Turkish Party (Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi).The TRNC is a state that was established in 1983 and has since then only been recognized by Turkey