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Biography of Rauf DenktashName: Rauf DenktashBirth Date: January 27, 1924 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Cyprus Nationality: Turkish Cypriot Gender: Male Occupations: president, politician, head of state Rauf Denktash The Turkish Cypriot politician and statesman Rauf Denktash (born 1924) began his working life as a lawyer but became engaged in the struggle for his community's rights. In 1975 he became head of the "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus" and in 1985 president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He served in this office for three terms.Rauf Denktash was born January 27, 1924, in what became the British Crown Colony of Cyprus the following year. He came from a comfortable middle-class family, the son of a judge who worked in the British administration. After graduating from the English high school in Nicosia in 1941, he worked as an interpreter in the courts, taught for a year in the English school, and began to write articles on the problems of Cyprus' Turkish community for Halkin Sesi (Voice of the People). In 1944 Denktash went to London to study law and was called to the Bar from …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Apart from being a politician and statesman, Denktash was also an accomplished photographer and author. Most of his publications are in Turkish but The Cyprus Triangle is in English and presents the Turkish-Cypriot perspective on the struggle for the island of Cyprus. Further Reading There is as yet no English-language biography of Rauf Denktash. He is listed in such biographical dictionaries as Who's Who in the World, International Yearbook and Statesmen's Who's Who, and International Who's Who of Intellectuals. Therefore, to find more information on this Turkish Cypriot leader the reader will have to turn to the numerous books on the history of modern Cyprus. Recommended amongst these are the following: Pierre Oberling, The Road to Bellapais (1982); Tozun Bahcheli, Greek-Turkish Relations since 1955 (1990); and Kyriacos Markides, The Rise and Fall of the Cyprus Republic (1977). If possible, the reader should try to find Rauf Denktash's own writings, especially The Cyprus Triangle (London, 1982). |