Ulaş Bardakçı

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Ulaş Bardakçı (born 1947 in Hacıbektaş ; died February 19, 1972 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish revolutionary who took part in the armed struggle of the radical left against the ruling system. Bardakçı was one of the founders of the Turkish People's Liberation Party Front (THKP-C) in 1970 and is one of the best-known names of the Turkish 1968 movement .

Youth and Studies

His full name was Rasih Ulaş Bardakçı. The first name Rasih was the name of his grandfather, who died in the War of Independence . His parents were Ali and Müyesser Bardakçı and he had an older brother named Uğur. Ulaş Bardakçı attended the Kurtuluş High School. After attending school, he passed the entrance exam for technical physics in 1964 and then did a preparatory year. Bardakçı then studied at the Technical University of the Middle East in Ankara . There he made acquaintance with revolutionary ideas, went through a radicalization process and joined the Dev-Genç . Bardakçı participated in protests against the Vietnam War. In 1969 he was wanted because he was involved in the pillage of Robert Komer's automobile . In connection with the violent termination of the university occupation, Bardakçı was arrested in April 1969 and released in late June 1969. Bardakçı was considered skilled and resourceful. He was responsible for raising money. Donations were collected from left-wing circles, sold kofte to student circles or considered opening a shop. Bardakçı worked for a few months as a bank clerk, possibly with the ulterior motive of being able to use this experience later in bank robberies.

Revolution by force of arms

After the founding of the THKP-C, Bardakçı was responsible for the procurement of materials and money. In February 1971 he and other comrades raided a branch of Ziraat Bankası in Ankara-Küçükesat. The following month he got into the registration office of Eminönü at night and stole stamps and blank ID cards. At the same time, Bardakçı dealt intensively with the ideology. Later trials revealed that he was writing a 47-page handwritten document on Marxist terminology.

Bardakçı attacked a branch of Türk Ticaret Bankası in Erenköy in March 1971 and participated in the kidnapping of businessmen Mete Has and Talip Aksoy in April 1971 . After paying a ransom of 400,000 TL , Has was released.

On May 17, 1971, he took part in the kidnapping of the Israeli consul general in Istanbul, Ephraim Elrom . The aim was to press captured comrades free. The kidnappers also demanded that THKC's "Bulletin" No. 1 be read out at set times on state television for a period of three days. When the ultimatum expired at 5 p.m. on May 20, 1971, Mahir Çayan murdered Elrom with three shots in the head, following a joint decision. On the same day, the army imposed a curfew in Ankara. Ulaş Bardakçı and some comrades persuaded Yılmaz Güney to give them shelter for one night. On May 28, 1971, Bardakçı was captured during Operation Balyoz . He was hiding in the house where the kidnapping victims Has and Aksoy were held. Bardakçı was taken into custody and was tried with numerous other comrades such as Mahir Çayan , Sina Çıladır, Ziya Yılmaz, Necmi Demir and Kamil Dede before the Military Court No. 3 of the State of Emergency Administration in Istanbul. The indictment was read on November 1, 1971. She demanded death sentences against four women and nine men. The defendants had written a joint defense which was read out in turn over the next few days. In it, the defendants primarily expressed their worldview. They compared the situation in Turkey with that in the days of the War of Independence. Back then the victors occupied the country; today imperialism occupies it in a covert way with the help of treaties and military bases. The defendants also played for a limited time, as an escape tunnel was being prepared in the prison together with prisoners from the People's Liberation Army of Turkey (THKO). Bardakçı was able to escape together with Mahir Çayan, Ömer and Cihan Alptekin, Ziya Yılmaz and Ömer Ayna through the self-dug and 15 m long tunnel from the military prison of Maltepe on November 29th.

Death and burial

On February 13, 1972, security forces surrounded the house where Bardakçı had sought refuge. However, after a shootout, he escaped.

On February 19, 1972, Bardakçı was captured in Arnavutköy in the morning hours and killed after a gun battle. Bardakçı was buried on February 22nd in the Karşıyaka Cemetery in Ankara.

literature

  • Turhan Feyzioğlu: İki Adalı Hüseyin Cevahir - Ulaş Bardakçı. Istanbul 2010

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Turhan Feyzioğlu: İki Adalı Hüseyin Cevahir - Ulaş Bardakçı. Istanbul 2010, p. 104
  2. ↑ Sabah daily newspaper, February 11, 2005
  3. ↑ Article on gaziantephaberler.com from February 18, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Bardakçı, Ulaş
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish revolutionary and co-founder of the Turkish People's Liberation Party Front (THKP-C)
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Hacıbektaş
DATE OF DEATH 19th February 1972
Place of death Istanbul