content tagged with İbrahim Kaypakkaya

Dozens detained after showing poster of 1970s revolutionary leader during demonstration

Dozens detained after showing poster of 1970s revolutionary leader during demonstration

Members of several youth groups gathered in İstanbul to announce the foundation of a new joint group.

26 October 2020

Turgan, Uyguner Arrested in Commemoration Event for Kaypakkaya, are Released

Turgan, Uyguner Arrested in Commemoration Event for Kaypakkaya, are Released

Harun Turgan and Bülent Uyguner, who were arrested due to their participation in a commemoration event for İbrahim Kaypakkaya, a leader of the Communist movement in Turkey who was killed in 1973 in prison, were released yesterday.

7 September 2017 Beyza Kural

Court Sentences Singer to Two Years in Prison for Speech

Court Sentences Singer to Two Years in Prison for Speech

A specially authorized court in the eastern province of Malatya sentenced Kurdish-Alevi singer Ferhat Tunç to two years in prison on terrorism related charges due to his invocation of the names of deceased Turkish leftists during a speech on May 1, 2011.

27 June 2012 Ekin Karaca

On Trial for Commemorating Deceased Communist

On Trial for Commemorating Deceased Communist

24 people are on trial in Bursa on charges of "praising a criminal" because they commemorated communist Kaypakkaya. Several NGOs and political parties protested the trials questioning, "Killing somebody by torture is not a crime but it is a crime to commemorate revolutionists?"

Turkish Singer Lands in Jail for Mentioning Revolutionist

Turkish Singer Lands in Jail for Mentioning Revolutionist

The Turkish singer Pınar Sağ was sentenced to imprisonment of ten months on charges of "praising" killed leftist revolutionist İbrahim Kaypakkaya. The Contemporary Lawyers Association criticized the decision and called for an end of the "judicial terror".

31 January 2011 Emir Çelik