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Rauf Denktaş, Turkish-Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (born 1924)

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Rauf Denktaş

Founder and first president of Northern Cyprus (served 1983–2005)

Rauf Raif Denktaş 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…
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President of Northern Cyprus

Head of state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

The president of Northern Cyprus is the head of state of the unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Rauf Denktaş was the first and founding president of Northern Cyprus, and retired in 2005. His position was taken over by Mehmet Ali Talat, followed by Derviş Eroğlu,…
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