İbrahim Kaypakkaya
İbrahim Kaypakkaya (* 1949 in Çorum Province , Turkey; † May 18, 1973 in Diyarbakır ) was a Turkish revolutionary and founder of the Communist Party of Turkey / Marxist-Leninists .
Kaypakkaya was born in 1949 in the Turkish province of Çorum and grew up in poor and rural conditions. After primary school, he completed teacher training in Central Anatolia and began studying physics at Istanbul University in the mid-1960s . During this time he became a member of the Maoist Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey ("Türkiye İhtilalci İşçi Köylü Partisi", TİİKP). After an internal dispute, to which he was defeated, he founded the Communist Party of Turkey-Marxists-Leninists (TKP-ML), which was also Maoist, but anti-Kemalist and separatist, and later also its armed arm, the Workers and Peasants Liberation Army of Turkey (TİKKO ).
In January 1973, Kaypakkaya and his guerrillas in the Tuncelis mountain region were wiped out in skirmishes with the Turkish army. Several of his comrades were killed or taken prisoner. He himself was injured, but was initially able to flee. A few days later he was arrested following a tip from a teacher. Kaypakkaya died on May 18, 1973 before being sentenced. Since then he has been an icon and a figure of identification for supporters of the left movement.
Publications
- Seçme Yazılar . Istanbul 2004 (selected works)
- In stormy years. Texts by the Turkish revolutionary . Zambon-Verlag , 2011, ISBN 978-3-88975-178-2
literature
- Nihat Behram : Deadly May, Life and Death in the Turkish Resistance . Wuppertal 1989
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaypakkaya, İbrahim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish revolutionary and founder of the Communist Party of Turkey / Marxist-Leninists |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Çorum Province , Turkey |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1973 |
| Place of death | Diyarbakır |