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	Cyprus - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Cyprus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1985 a meeting between Denktaş and Kyprianou failed to reach agreement, and the UN secretary-general drew up proposals for a two-zone federal Cyprus, with a Greek president and a Turkish vice-president, but this was not found acceptable.
		Rauf Denktaş, leader of the Turkish part of Cyprus, proposed, in August 1998, a confederation with the island's Greek south.
		Denktaş was re-elected as the Turkish president for a fourth five-year term in April 2000.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Cyprus (1410 words)

	Cyprus - Rauf Denktas and Turkish Cypriot Politics
		Born in Paphos in 1924, Denktas was trained as a lawyer.
		Under Denktas, constitutional changes have occurred that made the parliament stronger and the president weaker, theoretically, than their counterparts in the republic in the south.
		From one perspective, Denktas presided over an entity in which the consensus over the core issue--the settlement with Greek Cypriots--remained remarkably strong, and his powerful presence successfully reflected and symbolized national unity.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-3587.html (689 words)

	RAUF DENKTAS
		A statesman, jurist (solicitor), journalist and a teacher, Rauf Denktaş was born in Baf town in Cyprus on 24 January 1924.
		Denktaş worked as a prosecutor until 1957 and he was elected as a President for Cyprus Turk Society Federation by the help of Fazıl Küçük.
		Rauf Denktaş could get the support of Turkey and other international establishments in a short time and started to organize Cyprus Turks against Greeks who were already armed for a war.
	www.ozturkler.com /data_english/0005/0005_11.htm (790 words)

	Cyprus PIO: Turkish Press and Other Media, 04-02-13
		In a statement he issued with regard to the proposal, Mr Rauf Denktas said that the plan was prepared by Turkey, adding that Annan is not the sole arbitrator in the plan.
		Meanwhile the semi-official Ankara Anatolia news agency reported that Rauf Denktas shared his views on the plan with the press after the details of the Turkish Cypriot proposal were leaked.
		Denktas further said that they were waiting for the reply of the Greek Cypriot side, which was discussing the proposal with Greece.
	www.hri.org /news/cyprus/tcpr/2004/04-02-13.tcpr.html (2422 words)

	Cyprus PIO: Turkish Press and Other Media, 02-03-08
		Denktas stressed that the goal is to secure cooperation and achieve results between the Turkish Cypriot people, who finally found tranquillity after establishing their own state, and the Greek Cypriot side.
		Denktas said that pressure was imposed on him to accept the demands of Clerides, calling him to talk on equal conditions.
		Denktas stressed that the Cyprus issue is not an obstacle for EU candidacy of Turkey, adding that ``we say `yes` to a new partnership on equal conditions and sovereignty conditions.
	www.hri.org /cgi-bin/brief?/news/cyprus/tcpr/2002/02-03-08.tcpr.html (2400 words)

	Turks.US Daily News - Denktas, again, embraces all Cypriots
		They were briefed on Turkey's policy and Rauf Denktas was told that he could continue as the negotiator if he accepted it.
		Denktas was reserved on his way to New York and he did not hide it.
		Denktas, even if he ignores his own reservations, must continue as the negotiator and should follow the agreed policy no matter what, like he did in New York.
	www.turks.us /article.php?story=20040218081220165&mode=print (805 words)

	Turkey News: FEBRUARY 17-23, 2004
		Denktas said that they had taken up derogation issue and how derogations would be a part of EU basic law.
		Emphasizing that derogations were very important for them, Denktas said the agreement that would be reached by the two sides should be included in the EU main laws, and that this was brought onto agenda during the talks.
		Denktas announced their demands in economy, stressing that a transition period was necessary for the Turkish side to reach the level of Greek Cypriot side.
	www.tusiad.us /specific_page.cfm?CONTENT_ID=435 (2312 words)

	Cyprus: Turkish, Greek Cypriot leaders agree to new talks
		Denktas disclosed on Friday that he was having heart surgery at a New York hospital and said this would keep him away from work for 10 to 15 days.
		Oz, who replaced Denktas’ heart valve, said TRNC President "now has a new lease on life." Denktas is reported to be in good condition and recuperating nicely.
		Clerides and Denktas had last met a month ago in Paris as part of the latest round of talks, which began in January and have so far made virtually no progress toward a settlement.
	www.theturkishtimes.com /archive/02/10_15/f_cyprus.html (803 words)

	The generals of Turkey and Denktas won't give up dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Denktas and his falcons, as they together have enjoyed a "dynasty" in Turkish Cyprus for the last 28 years.
		Rauf Denktas was the President of Turkish Cyprus during this entire period.
		Rauf Denktas has recently appointed the lawyer of Salih Boyaci and the main prosecutor who will appeal this very court decision at the higher Court, to the peace-seeking committees ordered by Kofi Annan's Report on Cyprus.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/814991/posts (1470 words)

	Turks.US Daily News: TRNC continues to assess invitation letter of Annan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Denktas is expected to continue studies with his consultants, negotiator delegation, and Foreign Ministry official Apakan all day.
		Meanwhile consultants of TRNC President Denktas, his undersecretary Ergun Olgun and Foreign Ministry Cyprus department chief Ertugrul Apakan, who came to island yesterday, continued their studies in the Presidential Office.
		TRNC President Rauf Denktas, Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Denktas and Presidential Undersecretary Ergun Olgun are expected to attend the meetings in New York.
	www.turks.us /article~story~20040207101526539~mode~print.htm (277 words)

	ALTAY GROUP \| www.altay.com.tr
		The Democrat Party (DP) led by Serdar Denktas, the son of President Rauf Denktas, received 13 percent of the vote and netted 7 seats.
		A key pillar in the opposition parties' election campaign rhetoric has been the intention to remove President Rauf Denktas from his position as chief negotiator in the Cyprus talks and to replace him by a representative of the new government.
		The Turkish government and the Cypriot leader Rauf Denktas jointly summoned the EU to exert equal pressure on the Greek Cypriots to settle the Cyprus conflict.
	www.altay.com.tr /newsdetail.asp?k=1043 (1768 words)

	The Turkish Times/News
		Denktas, TRNC Foreign and Defense Minister Tahsin Ertugruloglu, his undersecretary Ergun Olgun, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Resat Caglar and Constitutional Advisor Mumtaz Soysal received Annan.
		Denktas told Reuters in an interview he had received a proposal from Clerides to draw up a new constitution, but said the internationally recognized republic in the south must first acknowledge his administration as an equal partner.
		Denktas and Clerides, meeting several times a week, have agreed on a June deadline for a settlement.
	www.theturkishtimes.com /archive/02/05_15 (5801 words)

	Rauf Denktas no more the negotiator - Turkish Daily News Dec 23, 2003
		Rauf Denktas does not want to solve the "Cyprus problem" as a solution will make clear the unlawful rule on the KKTC.
		Denktas do not mind that the Turkish Republic will face isolation, as his and his associates' preference is indeed isolation itself.
		Rauf Denktas is loosing his nerve and cannot control himself after the elections.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=34736 (611 words)

	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus :: www.trncgov.com :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Monday that news reports saying that they accepted the document presented by the U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan were ''wrongful''.
		Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas, who had a heart surgery on October 7 in New York, is getting better.
		Cetin Erol, who is one of the doctors of Denktas, told the A.A correspondent on Wednesday that Denktas's health condition was good and added that he would undergo a last check-up on Friday.
	www.trncgov.com /news.shtml (305 words)

	The Muslim News
		In 1983 Turkish Cypriots declared independence and Rauf Denktas was elected the President.
		President Denktas defended the declaration of independence, which he said was “forced upon us by the Greek Cypriots when they ejected us (in 1963) by force of arms from Republic of Cyprus in which we were confederate partners, having equal rights with them”.
		President Rauf Denktas has appealed to the British Muslims to take interest in the Cyprus problem and use their influence on the British Government during their EU presidency next year to prevent the membership of the Greek Cypriots.
	www.muslimnews.co.uk /cyprus102.html (897 words)

	Assembly of Turkish American Associations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Denktas seeks a loose association of Greek and Turkish zones and a limited central government.
		Denktas demands international recognition of his pariah state, but this could take effect only at the moment he signs an agreement with Clerides.
		Denktas says the EU would be making a great mistake if it admitted Cyprus without a solution for the north.
	www.ataa.org /spotlight/s_mch25.html (2346 words)

	Jihad Watch: Denktas: Attacks "Have Nothing To Do With Islam And God"
		The President of the Turkish client state known as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Rauf Denktas, "condemned on Friday the bomb attacks that took place in Istanbul, adding that ''those who did that have nothing to do with Islam and God.'
		"Issuing a statement about the attack, Denktas said that the bomb attack was a murder against humanity, adding 'they stain Islam, this beautiful religion of peace and love by their acts and give the opportunity to Christian world to regard Islam as a terrorist organization.'"
		And there is as yet no large-scale movement — and it would have to be global — by the people who think like Denktas to convince the others that their use of Islam is wrong.
	www.jihadwatch.org /archives/000192.php (271 words)

	Hamamböcüleri Alternatif Haberler
		Denktas disclosed that they would try to complete the talks by Wednesday.
		Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader, said he would quit the talks if his basic demands were not met before an April referendum.
		Thousands of people have greeted Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash upon his arrival in Turkey and expressed their support for his opposition to a United Nations plan to resolve the division of Cyprus.
	www.stwing.upenn.edu /~durduran/hamambocu/haberler/fullnews.php?id=683 (3237 words)

	BBC News \| MONITORING \| Greek Cypriot policy to continue no matter who wins elections -
		Denktas Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktas said on Sunday that Greek Cypriot policy would remain the same regardless of who won the presidential elections in the south of Cyprus, Turkish Cypriot radio reported.
		"He remarked that the partnership republic has been transformed into a Greek Cypriot republic through the use of force" the television said, adding that Denktas said the Turkish Cypriots would insist on the principle of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus because there was "no other solution".
		Denktas said equal sovereignty of the Turkish Cypriots and mutual recognition were essential if partnership was to be achieved and called on the next Greek Cypriot president to accept two equal partners.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/monitoring/54745.stm (215 words)

	Turkish Cypriot leader interviewed by private Greek Cypriot TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The president of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Rauf Denktas, has said that Greek Cypriot civilians were killed by Turkish Cypriot fighters during the 1974 hostilities.
		The following are excerpts from an interview with Rauf Denktas by correspondent Stavros Sidheras for the private Sigma television station.
		Q Mr Denktas, a few days ago we had a crisis in the Aegean and it made us all realize how close we are to another war.
	www.hr-action.org /chr/Sigma00.html (1694 words)

	INAF News Bulletin
		TRNC President Rauf Denktas who carried out a lonely battle for 50 years in an effort to prevent Cyprus island to become a Greek island, was declared as the biggest enemy of Greek and Greek Cypriot duet.
		Four Greek officers who were trying to enter TRNC by a plastic boat from a Greek ship had to return due to warning fire by Turkish Security Forces.
		A bullet targeting Denktas will be accepted a bullet targeting Turkey and there will be a high cost of it, naturally.
	www.turksforum.nl /informatie/terrorisme/terror_01.htm (408 words)

	CNS - Cyprus - A Chronology: 1998
		Holbrooke says that the EU made an "unfortunate" decision in not inviting Turkey to become a member of the organization, and that the current deadlock on Cyprus "was a result of that decision." He also says, "if progress is to be made on Cyprus, both sides must be willing to engage in genuine give-and-take.
		This is not the current situation, especially in regard to two positions taken by the Turkish side." According to Holbrooke, negotiations to resolve the Cyprus problem stalled when Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktas insisted that Cyprus withdraw its EU membership application, and that the negotiations on a settlement be conducted on a state-to-state basis.
		He invites Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktas to renew efforts to end the division of Cyprus, and pledges to refrain from taking any action that might increase tensions over the issue.
	cns.miis.edu /research/cyprus/chr98.htm (11001 words)

	Cyprus - Green Line - Border - Opening - Worldpress.org
		The Cyprus government regarded Denktas’ move as illegal, saying that the fact that Greek Cypriots had to show their passports at the checkpoint was in effect an admission that they were traveling to a foreign country.
		Seeing this, Denktas’ son, Serdar, who holds the office of deputy prime minister, suggested that his father make at least a symbolic step toward rapprochement.
		According to the younger Denktas, recent moves could be a test of whether the two parts of the island are capable of living side by side in peace.
	www.worldpress.org /Europe/1124.cfm (1095 words)

	Turkish Cypriot Network
		On the other hand President Denktas insisted that the TRNC should be recognised as an equal state to that of the Greek Cypriot state in South Cyprus and argued that only a confederal solution would safe-guard both communities’ future on the island.
		While President Rauf Denktas had agreed to return for a second round of proximity talks, Clerides said that he would give his answer to the UN only after he saw the Security Council resolution.
		The fact that President Denktas had said he would return for the second round of talks, was proof that the UN had adopted his conditions, regarding the context of the resolution, the paper said.
	www.tcn-cy.freeuk.com /Tcn42.htm (4850 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		President Rauf Denktas inaugurated the anniversary festivities with an address to the people on Bayrak Radio at noon on November 14.
		Mr Islamoglu was received by the President of the Republic, Rauf Denktas, the Speaker of the Republican Assembly, Ayhan Halit Acarkan, Prime Minister Hakki Atun, and Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat.
		President Rauf Denktas said the Greek Cypriots had refused to consider it because they were still pursuing their main policy objective of unilateral accession to the European Union.
	bornova.ege.edu.tr /~ncyprus/mfa/vol3-10.html (4095 words)

	Exclusive interview with President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus NATO foreign ministers meet ...
		Turkish Cypriot President Rauf Denktas said "walls in the minds" of Greek Cypriots that prevent them from acknowledging the equality and sovereignty of Turkish Cypriots were preventing a settlement on the island.
		Denktas said American and other western diplomats keep on telling him that they could not act on Makarios in the fashion they acted on Milosevic because of the Cold War.
		He said although this confession was a condoning development, the international community was still hesitant in correvcting a mistake they did because of the Cold War and recognised a non-government as the government of the entire island.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=12918 (6549 words)

	PM COMMUNICATIONS
		Mr Denktas, president of the self-declared republic, says the problem has been the fact that there were few flights to Northern Cyprus.
		Mr Denktas, the leader of the Turkish Cypriots for 40 years, says: “If you compare Turkish Cypriots with the educated people of Istanbul, you could say that we are quite open-minded.
		Serdar Denktas, the tourism and environment minister, says British tourists will now find it much easier to enjoy a holiday in Northern Cyprus, as regular flights have been established via Turkey from London Stansted, Manchester and Glasgow, as well as from Dublin.
	www.pmcomm.com /turkey/tourism2.htm (890 words)

	ZTO President Rauf Denktash Accuses The United Nations Security Council
		Mr Denktas said the game of getting Cyprus is today continuing through the efforts aimed at reaching an agreement.
		He said TurkeyÌs intervention in 1974 was not aimed only at liberating Turkish Cypriots but also at preventing the island from becoming a Greek dagger directed at the heart of Turkey.
		Pointing to the Greek Cypriot sideÌs wrong presentation of the Cyprus problem as one which began with the arrival of Turkish troops in 1974, and which can only be resolved with their departure;Ü Mr Denktas said "no justice can be achieved with a non-sense timetable like this".
	perspectives.zambezitimes.com /fullcom.php?id_comm=47 (488 words)

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