Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu (April 4, 1924 – April 11, 1965) was a

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( or ; ) are so called ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots are mainly Sunni Muslims. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,000 Turkish settlers were given land onc ...

member of the left wing

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party who was killed in 1965 by Turkish ultranationalist

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group TMT.

Assassination

Kavazoğlu and Kostas Misiaoulis were proponents of peace between the

and

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communities on the island of

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during the period of intercommunal violence. Whilst both were members of

, Misiaoulis was also a PEO trade union official. The two were shot to death on April 11, 1965, when they were ambushed on the

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–

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road, near the village of Goshi. Both are held as symbols of Greek-Turkish solidarity and were commemorated in an event attended by Greek Cypriot President

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in 2008.Cyprus Mail

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Facebook fan page of Dervis Ali Kavazoglou
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Assassination

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