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Audio: Asil Nadir has been laid to rest in northern Cyprus

ByFamagusta Gazette

Feb 11, 2025

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.

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