Haki Karer

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Haki Karer (* 1950 in Ulubey , Turkey ; † May 18, 1977 in Gaziantep ) was a central figure of identification of the Kurdish socialist movement and the trigger for the founding of the underground organization Workers' Party of Kurdistan (PKK) .

Life and political activities

Haki Karer was of Turkish origin and was born in Ulubey (Ordu) in 1950. There he graduated from middle school and attended high school. He moved to Ankara to study . After being impressed by the development of the revolutionary movement in the 1970s, he joined it. Eventually he became a member of the student youth movement AYÖD, which saw itself as an association against imperialism and oligarchy and belonged to the left spectrum. In Ankara, he also met Abdullah Öcalan and Kemal Pir and they found that they shared the same political views. Karer thus joined the socialist-Kurdish "Apocular" group, the head of which was later the main founder and chairman of the PKK Öcalan. Later Karer achieved a high reputation in the revolutionary-socialist milieu. He was of the opinion that peace in Turkey could only be achieved and guaranteed through the freedom of the Kurds. He was convinced that this would require a revolution. To devote himself to the revolution and to advance it, he dropped out of his studies. He moved to Eastern Anatolia, initially to the Batman District. Since he did not speak the Kurdish language, he met resistance from many people. So he then went to Gaziantep. In Gaziantep, his political work for the apoist movement, which included recruiting new members, was much more successful.

His brother Baki Karer was also a high-ranking PKK cadre. He fell from grace, was arrested by the organization, escaped and fled to Europe.

Death and the consequences

Haki Karer was gunned down on May 18, 1977 in a cafe in Gaziantep during a political discussion. The perpetrator was an activist of an opposing Kurdish group called Stêrka Sor (Red Star). His death accelerated the formation of the PKK as a centralist and authoritarian party. In an interview with Doğu Perinçek in October 1989, Abdullah Öcalan stated that retaliation for the death of Haki Karer had triggered the PKK's armed struggle.

The murder occurred at a time when political assassinations were commonplace. Various interpretations have grown up around Karer's death. His brother Baki Karer, an ex-member of the PKK, claims that Haki Karer criticized Öcalan's relationship with Kesire Yıldırım and pilot Necati, whom he believed to be a traitor, and was killed for it. However, Baki Karer made these allegations only after he left the party. A common variant of his death is that he was not killed by the shot, but by manipulation in the hospital.

Haki Karer is a figure of identification in the PKK and is revered as a martyr .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Administrator: PKK yi kimler kurdu? 2. In: madiya.net. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
  2. ^ Paul White: The PKK: Coming Down from the Mountains . Zed Books Ltd, 2015, ISBN 978-1-78360-037-3 , pp. 216 .
  3. ^ Mehmet Orhan: Political Violence and Kurds in Turkey: Fragmentations, mobilizations, Participations and repertoires. New York 2015, pages 84 and 111
  4. ^ Doğu Perinçek: Abdullah Öcalan ile görüşme. Istanbul 1990, p. 41
personal data
SURNAME Karer, Haki
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish figure of identification of the Kurdish socialist movement
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Ordu , Turkey
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1977
Place of death Gaziantep , Turkey