Exhibition of Leader Rauf Denktaş, Who Left His Mark on History, to Open at GAU A photography exhibition titled “Leader Rauf Denktaş, Who Left His Mark on History,” organized by the Journalists Association and featuring photographs of founding President Rauf Denktaş’s childhood, family and years of struggle, as well as previously unpublished photographs captured through his own lens, will open on July 20 in the exhibition and foyer area of Spectrum Hall at the International Congress Center of Girne American University (GAU).
According to information provided by GAU, the exhibition, which opened in Ankara in recent months and attracted great interest from the Turkish political, diplomatic and press communities, as well as the public, will open in the TRNC for the first time through a collaboration between the Journalists Association and GAU.
The exhibition will open on Friday at 2:00 p.m., with state officials in attendance, as part of the July 20 Peace and Freedom Day celebrations. In a statement about the exhibition, which was put together through the intensive efforts of the Journalists Association, Ali Oruç, Cem Kar and Mine Çeliker, Democratic Party Chairman Serdar Denktaş said it was deeply significant that the exhibition would be seen by the people of the TRNC and the Turkish Cypriot community, adding: “He spent his life, right up to his final moments, delivering messages to his people. He went through difficult times but never gave up. He traveled from village to village in Cyprus and from province to province in Turkey. He explained the thinking of the Turkish Cypriots. The Turkish Cypriots no longer have a Denktaş, but the people he left behind are still there and will continue to be. Negotiations will reach an impasse at some point. A referendum should be held to ask the Turkish Cypriot people what they think. We will continue to do everything we can on their behalf so that the Turkish Cypriot people can decide their own future.”
It was also stated that the photography exhibition “Leader Rauf Raif Denktaş, Who Left His Mark on History,” comprising more than 100 photographs, would remain open to visitors for 10 days.