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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 (1924–2012) was a Cypriot politician, lawyer, and writer. A member of the National Unity Party, he served as the President of Northern Cyprus and the Vice President of Cyprus. He was educated at Lincoln's Inn and The English School.
Denktaş authored 17 works, including *Kıbrıs davamız*, *K.K.T.C.'nin doğu yakası*, and *A challenge on Cyprus*. He received the Atatürk International Peace Prize. He spoke Turkish and practiced Sunni Islam.
He was the father of Serdar Denktaş. Denktaş died in North Nicosia from multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and was buried there.
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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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Northern Cyprus
- Place of birth
- British Cyprus
- Place of death
- North Nicosia
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- Vice President of Cyprus
- Educated at
- The English School
- Political party
- National Unity Party
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Official website
- denktas.info
- Image
- Rauf Denktash.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rauf Denktaş
- date of birth
- 1924-01-17
- date of death
- 2012-01-13
- cause of death
- multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
- name in native language
- Rauf Raif Denktaş
- place of burial
- North Nicosia
- P12749
- BTR-60
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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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