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Ersin Tatar
Ersin Tatar (born 7 September 1960) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who has served as the fifth President of Northern Cyprus since 2020. He previously served as the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus following the collapse of Tufan Erhürman's coalition government in 2019, and remained so until his election as president. He was also the leader of the National Unity Party (UBP) and Leader of the Opposition from 2018 until his election. Early life Ersin Tatar was born in Nicosia on 7 September 1960, the son of Canev and Rüstem Tatar. His father was also a politician. He was sent to England to attend Forest School, a private boarding school in Walthamstow, then earned an economics degree from Cambridge University's Jesus College in 1982. Pre-politics career From 1982 to 1986, Tatar worked as a chartered accountant for PriceWaterhouse in London. From 1986 to 1991, he worked for Polly Peck, and was the company's assistant treasurer when it collapsed with debts of £1.3 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Northern Cyprus
The president of Northern Cyprus is the head of state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Rauf Denktaş was the first and founding president of Northern Cyprus, and retired in 2005. His position was taken over by Mehmet Ali Talat, followed by Derviş Eroğlu,Northern Cyprus's new president: Enter Eroglu (The Economist) Retrieved on 2011-06-01. then , and the current president, Ersin Tatar. The president is elected every five years. Presidential elections are held in two rounds if no candidate gains more than 50% of the votes in the first round. It is necessary that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Jesus College was established in 1496 on the site of the twelfth-century Benedictine nunnery of St Radegund's Priory, Cambridge, St Mary and St Radegund by John Alcock (bishop), John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely. The cockerel is the symbol of Jesus College, after the surname of its founder. For the 300 years from 1560 to 1860, Jesus College was primarily a training college for Church of England clergy. Jesus College has assets of approximately £375m making it Cambridge's fourth-wealthiest college. The college is known for its particularly expansive grounds which include its sporting fields and for its proximity to its Jesus College Boat Club (Cambridge), boathouse. Three members of Jesus College have each received a Nobel Prize. Two fellows of the college have been appointed to the International Court of Justice. Sonita Alleyne was elected master of Jesus College in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-state Solution (Cyprus)
The two-state solution for the Cyprus dispute refers to the proposed permanent division of the island of Cyprus into a Turkish Cypriot State in the north and a Greek Cypriots, Greek Cypriot State in the south, as opposed to the various proposals for reunification that have been suggested since the island was split into two by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, 1974 Turkish invasion. The two-state solution would entail the legalisation of the ''status quo'', where Greek Cypriots govern the southern part of the island and Turkish Cypriots govern the Northern Cyprus, northern part, the latter of which is currently List of states with limited recognition, not recognised by any country other than Turkey. Recognizing the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as a separate state, as required by a two-state solution, has been firmly refused by both the United Nations and the European Union. This refusal is grounded in the principles of maintaining territorial integrity and sovereignty as per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Turkish Offensive Into North-eastern Syria
On 9 October 2019, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Syrian National Army (SNA) launched an offensive against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and later it involved the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northern Syria. It was code-named the Operation Peace Spring () by Turkey. On 6 October 2019, the First presidency of Donald Trump, Trump administration ordered American troops to withdraw from northeastern Syria, where the United States American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War, had been supporting its Kurdish allies. The military operation began on 9 October 2019 when the Turkish Air Force launched airstrikes on Syria–Turkey border, border towns. The conflict resulted in the displacement of over 300,000 people and has caused the death of more than 70 civilians in Syria and 20 civilians in Turkey. Human rights violations have also been reported. Amnesty International stated that it had gathered evidence of war crimes and other violations committed by Turkey and Turkis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derviş Eroğlu
Derviş Eroğlu (born 7 March 1938) is a Turkish Cypriot politician, who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2010Northern Cyprus's new president: Enter Eroglu (The Economist) Retrieved on 1 June 2011. to 2015. Previously, he was from 1985 to 1994, 1996 to 2004 and again from 2009 to 2010 and twice-leader of the National Unity Party. He served a term as Prime Minister of nearly 17 years, by this he was the longest serving Prime Minister of the country. He also holds the record of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Finance Of Northern Cyprus
Ministry of Finance of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (''Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Maliye Bakanlığı''), is the ministry in North Cyprus responsible for government finance. Ministers of Finance *Rüstem Z. Tatar, August 1974 - July 1976 *Mehmet Altinay, July 1976 - December 1976 *Mustafa Çağatay, December 1976 - July 1977 *Tansel Fikri, July 1977 - April 1978 *Hüseyin Erdal, April 1978 - December 1978 *Hakkı Atun, December 1978 - August 1981 *Salih Coşar, August 1981 - July 1985 *Taşkent Atasayan, July 1985 - September 1986 *Mehmet Bayram, September 1986 - June 1990 *Nazif Borman, June 1990 - March 1992 *Salih Coşar, March 1992 - January 1994 *Onur Borman, January 1993 - January 1995 *Salih Coşar, January 1995 - December 1998 *Mehmet Bayram, December 1998 - January 2004 *Ahmet Uzun, January 2004 - May 2009 *Ersin Tatar, May 2009 - June 2013 *Zeren Mungan, June 2013 - July 2015 *Hasan Başoğlu, July 2015 - October 2015 *Birikim Özgür, October 2015 - April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciner Media Group
Ciner Media Group (''Ciner Medya Grubu'') is a Turkish media conglomerate established in 2007, part of the Ciner Holding conglomerate. Among other properties, it owns the ''Habertürk'' newspaper, Habertürk TV and Habertürk Radyo, and the television stations Kanal 1, Show TV and 7/24 Spor. It co-owns the television station Bloomberg HT. It also publishes a range of magazines, including Turkish editions of international magazines such as '' FHM''. From 2005 to 2007 it owned ''Sabah''; the newspaper was seized by the government's TMSF. From 2005 to 2007 it owned the ATV television station. It had previously operated both under license from Dinç Bilgin's Medya Group. Ciner acquired the Habertürk properties in 2007 and Show TV in 2013. Hurriyet Daily News, 1 June 2013Ciner group acquires seized broadcaster Show TV/ref> Properties Newspapers * 2009–: ''Habertürk'' Television * 2005–2010, 2025–: Kanal 1 * 2007–: Habertürk TV (acquired from Ufuk Güldemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show TV
Show TV is a Turkish free-to-air national television channel, established in 1991 by Erol Aksoy, Dinç Bilgin, Haldun Simavi and Erol Simavi, owned by the Can Holding. History The channel replaces Cine5's now-defunct frequencies, and it was originally established by the Turkish businessmen Erol Aksoy and Haldun Simavi, and originally launched on March 1, 1991, when it commenced its test transmissions. A year later, the channel moved its headquarters to Istanbul, Turkey, and were at the same time starting its official broadcasts. Show TV extended its range of viewers by adding more channels like Show Max and Show Turk to its group. On 6 June 2013 the channel was reacquired by Ciner Media Group. The channel's personalities include Ece Erken, Defne Samyeli, Gülben Ergen, Bülent Ersoy, Ferhat Göçer, Ece Üner, Reha Muhtar, Serdar Ortaç, Demet Akbağ, Mehmet Ali Erbil, Volkan Konak, Alişan, Hülya Avşar, Acun Ilıcalı, Seda Sayan and Çağla Şıkel. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center (Etimesgut, Yenimahalle, Çankaya District, Çankaya, Keçiören, Altındağ, Pursaklar, Mamak, Ankara, Mamak, Gölbaşı, Ankara, Gölbaşı, Sincan, Ankara, Sincan) and 5,864,049 in Ankara Province (total of 25 districts). Ankara is Turkey's List of cities in Turkey, second-largest city by population after Istanbul, first by urban land area, and third by metro land area after Konya and Sivas. Ankara was historically known as Ancyra and Angora. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celts, Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman Empire, Roman province with the Galatia (Roman province), same name (25 BC–7th century), Ankara has various Hattians, Hattian, Hittites, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatians (people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serious Fraud Office (United Kingdom)
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom that investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud and corruption in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The SFO is accountable to the Attorney General for England and Wales, and was established by the Criminal Justice Act 1987, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 grants the SFO powers to require any person (or business/bank) to provide any relevant documents (including confidential ones) and answer any relevant questions including ones about confidential matters. The SFO is the principal enforcer of the Bribery Act 2010, which has been designed to encourage good corporate governance and enhance the reputation of the City of London and the UK as a safe place to do business. Its jurisdiction does not extend to Scotland, where fraud and corruption are investigated by Police Scotland through their Special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asil Nadir
Asilkan Nadir (1 May 1941 – 9 February 2025) was a British Turkish Cypriot businessman. He was the chief executive of Polly Peck, which he took over as a small textile company. During the 1980s, he expanded it into one of the United Kingdom's top 100 FTSE-listed companies, with interests in consumer electronics, fruit distribution, and packaging. In 1990, Polly Peck collapsed following an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office and charges were brought against Asil Nadir on 70 counts of false accounting and theft, which he denied. From 1993 until 2010, Nadir lived in northern Cyprus, having fled there to escape a trial in the UK. He remained a fugitive from British justice until 26 August 2010, when he returned to London to face judicial examination. His trial commenced at the Old Bailey on 3 September 2010, on 13 specimen charges of false accounting and theft totalling £34 million. He was found guilty of 10 counts of theft totalling £29 million and on 23 August 2012 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly Peck
Polly Peck International (PPI) was a small British textile company which expanded rapidly in the 1980s and became a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index before collapsing in 1991 with debts of £1.3 billion, eventually leading to the flight of its CEO, Asil Nadir, to Northern Cyprus in 1993. Polly Peck was one of several corporate scandals that led to the reform of UK company law, resulting in the early versions of the UK Corporate Governance Code. On 26 August 2010, Nadir returned to the UK to try to clear his name. Prosecutors alleged that he stole more than £150 million from Polly Peck and he faced trial on 13 specimen charges totalling £34 million. Nadir was found guilty on 10 counts of theft totalling £29 million. On 23 August 2012 at the Old Bailey, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. History Beginnings Polly Peck began in 1940 as a small fashion house, founded by the husband-and-wife team of Raymond and Sybil Zelker. The clothes were designed by Sybil, and the busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
