Kyrenia - Notable People

Notable People

  • Charlotte of Cyprus, Queen of Cyprus
  • Mehmet Ali Talat, the 2nd President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, was born in Kyrenia on 6 July 1952.
  • Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople between 1283-1289.
  • Pantelis Kyriakides, the vice president of the European Patent Office (EPO)
  • Praxander, Founder and first king of Kyrenia
  • Osman Türkay, nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988

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