Rauf Denktaş
Acting
Born January 27, 1924 — Died January 13, 2012
From Nicosia, Cyprus
Biography
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 Tur...
