Denktash to undergo surgery

RAUF Denktash, the former Turkish Cypriot leader, is having surgery today to remove a haematoma in his brain, according to the Turkish Cypriot press.

Denktash is currently in intensive care after his doctors discovered the haematoma.

His son, Serdar, reportedly said that part of the haematoma is old and part of it newer.

He added that Denktash’s doctors decided he was fit enough to undergo surgery; his son reported that he is responsive.

Denktash will have surgery in GATA military hospital in Ankara, Turkey.

In the evening, Turkish Cypriots will be praying for Denktash at a mosque in Kyrenia.

Denktash had a stroke on May 24 and was transferred to GATA hospital for recovery on July 8.

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