Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, who died on Monday, has been laid to rest in northern Nicosia. Listen to an audio report from Famagusta Gazette:
A small ceremony was held at 10:30 this morning in front of the Nadir Group of Companies building.
Following the noon prayer at Suat Günsel Mosque, Nadir was laid to rest at a family plot in a local cemetery.
Nadir shot to fame as the chief executive of Polly Peck, which he took over as a small textile company, growing it during the 1980s to become one of the United Kingdom’s top 100 FTSE-listed companies, with interests in consumer electronics, fruit distribution and packaging.
Read the full Famagusta Gazette report here.