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Rauf Denktaş
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Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC (1924-2012)
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Rauf Raif Denktaş was a male politician, lawyer, and writer who served as the President of Northern Cyprus and Vice President of Cyprus. Born in Paphos, British Cyprus, he held citizenship in both Cyprus and Northern Cyprus. Denktaş was a member of the National Unity Party and practiced Sunni Islam. He received his education at Lincoln's Inn and The English School.
As a writer, Denktaş authored works including *Kıbrıs davamız*, *A challenge on Cyprus*, and *Cumhurbaşkanı Rauf R. Denktaş'tan Kıbrıs Türk gençliğine sesleniş*. He was the recipient of the Atatürk International Peace Prize. His son is Serdar Denktaş.
Denktaş died in North Nicosia on January 13, 2012, from multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. He was buried in North Nicosia.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Cumhurbaşkanı Rauf R. Denktaş'tan Kıbrıs Türk gençliğine sesleniş / Rauf R. Denktaş
- Kıbrıs davamız / Rauf R. Denktaş
- K.K.T.C.'nin doğu yakası
- [Books on Cyprus and the Cyprus Crisis]
- Images from North Cyprus
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Azerbaijan
- Active from
- 1987-07-22
Discography
- Yaraşdın Mənə2018
- AYA2018
- Bizdən danışaq2020
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Revealing structure and assembly cues for Arabidopsis root-inhabiting bacterial microbiota
· 2012 · cited 2,302x
- Fundamental principles and application of heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of dyes in solution
· 2009 · cited 1,011x
- The 2017 Plasma Roadmap: Low temperature plasma science and technology
· 2017 · cited 892x
- Luteolin, a flavonoid, as an anticancer agent: A review
· 2019 · cited 827x
- Methods for Selective Modifications of Cyclodextrins
· 1998 · cited 761x
via Crossref · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Rauf Raif Denktaş (27 January 1924 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, barrister and jurist who served as the founding president of Northern Cyprus. He occupied this position as the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between the declaration of the de facto state by Denktaş in 1983 and 2005, as the president of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus between 1975 and 1983 and as the president of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration between 1974 and 1975. He was also elected in 1973 as the Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus.
Early life and career
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