Cyprus: Information concerning the DGD ("Devrimci Genelik Dernegi", or Revolutionary Youth Association) and its treatment by the Denktas (Turkish Cypriot Administration)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CYP14331 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Cyprus: Information concerning the DGD ("Devrimci Genelik Dernegi", or Revolutionary Youth Association) and its treatment by the Denktas (Turkish Cypriot Administration), 1 June 1993, CYP14331, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad1764.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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Information on the treatment of Devrimici Genclik Dernegi (DGD) or the Revolutionary Youth Organization by the Denktas (Turkish Cypriot Administration) is currently unavailable to the DIRB.
However, according to Youth Movements of the World, Devrimici Genclik Dernegi (DGD) or the Revolutionary Youth Organization is a major national youth movement founded in May 1975 as the Democratic Youth Organization, whose present name was adopted in 1977 (1990, 159). It has a membership of 3,000 and is affiliated to Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot organizations, and international youth organizations: the Greek Cypriot youth organization EDON, the Turkish Cypriot Trade Union, Youth Bureau (DEV-IS), Turkish Cypriot Youth Centre (Gencur Merkezi), World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), and the International Union of Students (IUS) (Ibid.).
Additional and/or corroborative information on the requested subject could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa.
Reference
Angel, William D. 1990. Youth Movements of the World. Essex, U.K.: Longman Group UK Ltd.
Attachment
Angel, William D. 1990. Youth Movements of the World. Essex, U.K.: Longman Group UK Ltd.
