Özker Özgür

Özker Özgür was a leading Turkish-Cypriot politician. Özgür, whose last name means "free" was born in 1940 in the village of Vretça, Paphos District, Cyprus. During 1961–1975 he worked as a secondary school English teacher on the island. With the votes of the teachers, he was elected to the founding parliament of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus in 1975. Between 1976 and 1996 he served as the leader of the Republican Turkish Party CTP in Cyprus. In the early general elections of 1993 he was elected to the Parliament and served as the Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for North Cyprus.

Özker Özgür
Deputy Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
In office
1 January 1994  11 December 1995
Preceded byOffice re-established
Succeeded byMehmet Ali Talat
Leader of the Republican Turkish Party
In office
31 October 1976  14 January 1996
Preceded byAhmet Mithat Berberoğlu
Succeeded byMehmet Ali Talat
Member of the Assembly of Republic
In office
20 June 1976  6 December 1998
ConstituencyLefkoşa (1976, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1993)
Personal details
Born1940
Died22 November 2005
Political partyUnited Cyprus Party
Republican Turkish Party

In 1997 he stepped down as the chairman of the Republican Turkish Party due to internal party politics. He continued his political life as a member of the New Cyprus Party which then continued as the United Cyprus Party.

Özker Özgür died on 22 November 2005.


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