Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu
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Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu | |
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Born | April 4, 1924 |
Died | April 11, 1965 | (aged 41)
Nationality | Cypriot |
Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu (April 4, 1924 – April 11, 1965) was a Turkish Cypriot member of the left wing AKEL party who was killed in 1965 by Turkish paramilitary group TMT.
Assassination[]
Kavazoğlu and Kostas Misiaoulis were proponents of peace between the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities on the island of Cyprus during the period of intercommunal violence. Whilst both were members of AKEL, Misiaoulis was also a PEO trade union official. The two were shot to death on April 11, 1965 when they were ambushed on the Nicosia – Larnaca road, near the village of Goshi.[1] Both are held as symbols of Greek-Turkish solidarity and were commemorated in an event attended by Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias in 2008.[2]
See also[]
- Christakis Vanezos: Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu, Λευκωσία - Christakis Vanezos: Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu, by Galeri Kultur Yeyinlari, Lefkosa
External links[]
- A short documentary in Turkish and Greek covering the assassination of Kavazoglou and Misiaoulis on YouTube
- Facebook fan page of Dervis Ali Kavazoglou
References[]
- ^ http://www.famagusta-gazette.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=69&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=2557&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2350&hn=famagusta-gazette&he=.com Famagusta Gazette
- ^ http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=38710&cat_id=1[permanent dead link] Cyprus Mail
- 1924 births
- 1965 deaths
- Turkish Cypriot politicians
- Assassinated Cypriot politicians
- Deaths by firearm in Cyprus
- People murdered in Cyprus
- 1960s murders in Cyprus
- 1965 crimes in Cyprus
- 1965 murders in Asia
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