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Political party in Turkey
People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi
LeaderMahir Çayan
Ulaş Bardakçı
FoundedDecember 1970
Dissolved1972
Preceded byDevrimci Gençlik
Succeeded by
Armed wingPeople's Liberation Front of Turkey
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
ColoursRed, Gold

The People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi, THKP-C) was a Turkish Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group that was founded in 1970 by Münir Ramazan Aktolga, Yusuf Küpeli and Mahir Çayan. The People's Liberation Party of Turkey (THKP) was the political wing and the People's Liberation Front of Turkey (THKC) was the armed wing.

History

Kidnapping of Ephraim Elrom

Main article: Assassination of Efraim Elrom

On 17 May 1971, the THKC guerrillas Ulaş Bardakçı, Hüseyin Cevahir, Mahir Çayan, Necmi Demir, Oktay Etiman and Ziya Yılmaz kidnapped Israeli consul Ephraim Elrom. They left an announcement directed to the pro-American Council of Ministers (Turkish: Amerikancı Bakanlar Kuruluna) written by Bardakçı and Cevahir. After the Sledgehammer Operation, THKC guerrillas killed Ephraim Elrom on 22 May 1971. Elrom's body was found on the 23 May 1971 in the Hamarat Building, Nişantaşı, Istanbul. After the killing of the consul, the ethnic Zaza actor Yılmaz Güney hid the THKC guerrillas.

Sibel Erkan affair

The THKC guerrillas left Güney's house the 24 May 1971. On 30 May 1971 Çayan and Cevahir entered a house in Maltepe, Istanbul, and took Sibel Erkan as a hostage. The police and army initiated a rescue operation and had the house under siege for 51 hours. After, they attacked the guerrillas on 1 June 1971. Firstly sniper Cihangir Erdeniz directed 3 shots at Cevahir. After, the forces entered the house and killed Cevahir. Also Çayan was captured.

Trials and escape from prison

After the arrest of THKP-C guerrillas, trials begun. Çayan and Bardakçı asked with execution. But on 29 November 1971, 2 THKO and 3 THKP-C guerillas escaped from prison.

Expulsion of Aktolga and Küpeli from the THKP

After the escape Çayan meets with Münir Ramazan Aktolga and Yusuf Küpeli. After the meets, Çayan blamed Aktolga and Küpeli for being Doctorist. With proposal of Çayan, Aktolga and Küpeli exiled from THKP and THKC.

Elimination of the urban guerrilla team

After the escape Çayan and Bardakçı make a decision. Çayan beings leader of the rural guerrilla units and Bardakçı beings leader of the urban guerrilla units. On 19 February 1971 07:00, Bardakçı killed in Arnavutköy. With this, the urban guerrilla unit of the THKC was defeated.

Kızıldere affair

Main article: Kızıldere Incident

A Black Sea rural guerrilla team of the THKC and some THKO guerrillas, kidnapped 2 Canadian and 1 Briton radar technicians in Ünye on 26 March 1972. The revolutionaries were surrounded by Turkish soldiers in Tokat, Niksar, Kızıldere village on 30 March 1972. At first, the soldiers wanted to negotiate with the militants. Then the soldiers opened fire upon the militants, as result of which Mahir Çayan died. After the death of Çayan, the militants killed the technicians. And conflict starts. After the conflict, 9 guerrilla dead. Saffet Alp (from THKP-C) was captured. But after he was killed by soldiers. One of the guerrillas, Ertuğrul Kürkçü, hid and saved himself, but he too was captured on 31 March 1972 due to his father not being able to find his son's body amongst the dead.

See also

Footnotes

  1. Cihan Alptekin and Ömer Ayna from THKO, Mahir Çayan, Ulaş Bardakçı and Ziya Yılmaz from THKP-C.
  2. 2 guerrilla from THKO and 7 guerrilla from THKP-C.
  3. Now Kürkçü is a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party.

References

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  2. Feyizoğlu, Turhan (March 2012). İki Adalı: Hüseyin Cevahir-Ulaş Bardakçı. Istanbul: Alfa Yayınları. p. 88. ISBN 978-605-106-441-3.
  3. Karakaş, Gökhan. "Güney, Çayan'ı bu arabada sakladı". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. Şensoy, Hasan. "ŞAFAK YARGILANAMAZ CİLT: 2 VII. BÖLÜM THKP-C MLSPB'NİN OLUŞUM VE GELİŞİM SÜREÇLERİ". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  5. "51 SAAT SÜREN SİBEL ERKAN OLAYI". Oda TV. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. Dündar, Can. "BÜYÜK FİRAR YAZI DİZİSİ". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  7. Şentürk, M. Utku. "Mahallemizin en güzel abisi: Ulaş Bardakçı".
  8. Bjeduğ, Murat. "Arife Alp: Benim oğlum yaralıyken bile aman dilemedi onlardan..." t24. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  9. Alp, Fikret. "Sağken öldürülenlerden biri de abim Saffet Alp'ti". t24. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  10. "Üsteğmen Saffet'i kim öldürdü?". Retrieved 31 December 2015.
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