Rauf Denktaş
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Rauf Denktaş was a Turkish Cypriot political leader who served as the founding President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and played a central role in Turkish Cypriot affairs for decades. He matters historically because his leadership shaped the political direction of the Turkish Cypriot community and the division of Cyprus that persists today.
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- Born
- 1924-01-17
- Died
- 2012-01-13
- Works
- 17
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- 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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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.
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1924 births2012 deaths20th-century Cypriot lawyers20th-century presidents of Northern Cyprus20th-century prime ministers of Northern CyprusCypriot expatriates in EnglandCypriot people of the Cyprus EmergencyDeaths from multiple organ failureMembers of Lincoln's InnNon-fiction crime writersPeople from NicosiaPeople from Paphos