The founding President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Rauf Raif Denktaş and the leader of the Cyprus Turkish People’s struggle for freedom and existence Dr. Fazıl Küçük will be commemorated with ceremonies on the anniversaries of their deaths.

On Thursday a commemorative event will be held for founding President Rauf Raif Denktaş to mark the 10^th anniversary of his passing and on Saturday the 15^th of January. A separate event will be held to mark the 38^th anniversary of the passing of Dr. Fazıl Küçük.

According to a statement made by the Committee to Celebrate National Day’s, a ceremony will be held tomorrow morning at the Rauf Raif Denktaş Monument and this ceremony will be attended by President Ersin Tatar and the Denktaş family.

A moment of silence will be observed the national anthem will be recited and the flags will be raised then lowered to half-mast.

President Tatar will sign the Special book here.

The commemoration ceremony for the Founding President Rauf Raif Denktaş will be completed with a poetry recital by a student from the Sedat Simavi Industrial Vocational High School, followed by a speech from President Ersin Tatar.

The commemorative events for the leader of the Turkish Cypriot peoples struggle for existence Dr. Fazıl Küçük will be realized on Saturday the 15^th of January and will take place at the Dr. Fazıl Küçük Monument at Anıttepe.

President Ersin Tatar and Dr. Fazıl Küçük’s family will lay wreaths, a minutes silence will be observed, the national anthem will be recited and the flags will be raised and then lowered to half mast.

After President Tatar signs the Special book, a poem will be recited by a student from the Lefkoşa Turk High School and speeches will be made by the late Dr. Küçük’s granddaughter Selen Süheyla Küçük and President Ersin Tatar.

Both ceremonies will be held in accordance with the coronavirus measures outlined by the Council of Ministers.