Orhan Yılmazkaya

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Orhan Yılmazkaya (* 1970 in Germany ; † April 27, 2009 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish journalist, author and political activist.

Yılmazkaya grew up in Germany until his parents sent him to Istanbul in the 1980s. There he attended the Kabataş boys' boarding school and graduated in 1987. He then studied political science at Istanbul University . After graduating, he worked as a journalist and editor. He wrote literary reviews and wrote two books in 2003 and 2005 on historical Turkish baths ( hammam ) in Istanbul. He headed the left-wing radio project “Radyo Umut”, which was banned after Yılmazkaya read a PKK statement.

Politically, he initially joined the "Sosyalist İktidar Partisi" ("Party of Socialist Power"), which he left after being renamed the Communist Party of Turkey .

In autumn 2005 he left Turkey and received an 11-month training as a guerrilla fighter in a PKK training camp. There he led his own command, the "Command Martyr Ongan".

On April 27, 2009, he was killed during a police operation against left-wing extremists after several hours of shooting in the Istanbul suburb of Bostanci, as well as a police officer and a passerby. During the confrontation, Yılmazkaya announced over the frequency of the police radio that he would not give up. According to the Turkish police, Yılmazkaya was a senior member of the left-wing underground organization "Revolutionary Headquarters" ( Devrimci Karargah ), which claimed responsibility for several attacks in Istanbul.

The guerrilla organization Hêzên Parastina Gel of the Kurdistan Workers' Party wrote an obituary for Yılmazkaya.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The book: A Guide to the Historic Turkish Baths of Istanbul. In: arch INFORM .
  2. ↑ a b Dilek Zaptcioglu: Death of a Left Radical in the daily newspaper , April 29, 2009, page 2
  3. ↑ Istanbulhaber.com.tr
  4. ↑ Gerd Höhler : Police operation against extremists in Istanbul ( Memento from May 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) in Frankfurter Rundschau Online, accessed April 29, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Yılmazkaya, Orhan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish journalist, author and political activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Germany
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 2009
Place of death Istanbul