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Rauf Denktaş

1924 - 2012

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Rauf Raif Denktaş (27 January 1924 – 13 January 2012) 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 Turkish Federated State of Cyprus between 1975 and 1983 and as the president of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration between 1974 and 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rauf Denktaş has received more than 276,952 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Rauf Denktaş is the 3,501st most popular politician (up from 4,700th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Cyprus (up from 10th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Cypriot Politician.

Rauf Denktaş is most famous for being the President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from 1985 to 2005.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

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  • 61.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Rauf Denktaş has had the most page views in the with 92,997 views, followed by English (40,324), and Greek (9,128). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (102.54%), Arabic (68.24%), and Czech (64.56%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rauf Denktaş ranks 3,501 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Tenji, Moncef Marzouki, Pekahiah, Pepin II of Aquitaine, Qi of Xia, and Princess Mafalda of Savoy. After him are Seleucus III Ceraunus, Meir Kahane, Katsura Tarō, Edith Frank, Michael Hainisch, and Joannes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rauf Denktaş ranks 49. Before him are John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Karmapa, Ed Wood, Luigi Nono, Roberto Eduardo Viola, and Allan MacLeod Cormack. After him are Charlie Munger, Israel Tal, Francisco Macías Nguema, James Black, Michel Tournier, and Giovanni Sartori. Among people deceased in 2012, Rauf Denktaş ranks 47. Before him are Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, E. Donnall Thomas, Carl Woese, Erland Josephson, Andrew Huxley, and Stephen Covey. After him are F. Sherwood Rowland, George Armitage Miller, Hebe Camargo, William Standish Knowles, Dave Brubeck, and Sergio Oliva.

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In Cyprus

Among people born in Cyprus, Rauf Denktaş ranks 7 out of 77. Before him are Zeno of Citium (-334), Ptolemy XII Auletes (-117), Theodora (500), Makarios III (1913), Nicos Anastasiades (1946), and John the Merciful (550). After him are Tassos Papadopoulos (1934), Alparslan Türkeş (1917), Michael Cacoyannis (1922), Henry II of Jerusalem (1271), Henry I of Cyprus (1217), and Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (1155).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cyprus

Among politicians born in Cyprus, Rauf Denktaş ranks 4. Before him are Ptolemy XII Auletes (-117), Makarios III (1913), and Nicos Anastasiades (1946). After him are Tassos Papadopoulos (1934), Alparslan Türkeş (1917), Henry I of Cyprus (1217), Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (1155), Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1442), Peter I of Cyprus (1328), Anne of Cyprus (1418), and Glafcos Clerides (1919).

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