The Democratic National Party ( el, Δημοκρατικό Εθνικό Κόμμα, ΔΕΚ, DEK), was a far-right

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Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

that advocated the union of Cyprus and

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( Enosis). The Democratic National Party was founded in May 1968 by

Takis Evdokas Takis Evdokas ( el, Τάκης Ευδόκας; 19 June 1928 – 12 February 2020) was a Greek Cypriot far-right politician, psychiatrist and writer. He was the founder of the Democratic National Party which advocated union of Cyprus and Greece ...

and participated

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and 1976 elections in Cyprus. The DEK was merged to

Democratic Rally The Democratic Rally ( el, Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός, translit=Dimokratikós Sinagermós, ΔΗΣΥ/DISY) is a liberal-conservative, Christian-democratic political party in Cyprus led by Averof Neofytou. The party was founded ...

(DISY) in 1977.

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