Sosyalist Gençlik Dernekleri Federasyonu
The Sosyalist Gençlik Dernekleri Federasyonu (SGDF) ( German : Federation of Socialist Youth Associations of Turkey ) is an association of socialist youth associations in Turkey .
The youth organization achieved worldwide fame when SGDF activists who wanted to help rebuild the Syrian city of Kobanê were victims of a suicide attack. At least 30 people died in the attack.
organization
The SDGF is considered the youth organization of the Ezilenlerin Sosyalist Partisi , a marixist , lenist Turkish party. The organization consists mainly of university students.
The SGDF unites local socialist and social democratic youth groups in Turkey. She turns against the conservative Islamic politics of the ruling party AKP . There are also open contradictions in the fact that the SGDF sympathizes with left-wing Kurdish groups and advocates greater autonomy for the Kurds in Turkey. The SGDF has sympathy for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighting in Syria , which are taking action against IS.
Attack on July 20, 2015
On July 20, 2015, around 300 supporters of the SGDF gathered in the garden of a cultural center in Suruç to plan their onward journey to Kobanê . In Kobanê they wanted to help rebuild the city. The city was almost completely destroyed in fighting between the YPG and IS . The gathering was the target of a suicide attack that killed at least 30 people.
So far nobody has admitted to the attack , but the Turkish government suspects ISIS to be the mastermind.
Individual evidence
- ^ What is Turkey's SGDF, Federation of Socialist Youth Associations? In: dailysabah.com. dailysabah.com, accessed July 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Attack in Suruc: IS is carrying the war to Turkey. In: Spiegel.de. Spiegel.de, accessed on July 22, 2015 .
- ↑ http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/tuerkei-terroranschlag-auf-junge-sozialisten.1818.de.html?dram:article_id=325951