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Mahir Çayan
Mahir Çayan | |
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| Organization |
Federation of the Club Of Ideas (1965) (1965-1969) THKP-C (1970-1972) |
| Political party | THKP-C |
| Other political affiliations |
TİP (1961-1965) DEV-GENÇ (1965-1970) |
Mahir Çayan was a Turkish Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and the co-founder of the THKP-C.
In 1964 he entered the Faculty of the Political Sciences of the Ankara University. He joined the Workers Party of Turkey(1961) (TIP) and the Federation of the Clubs of Ideas (Later, Revolutionary Youth, Dev-Genç). He led a lot of demonstrations against NATO and US imperialism. Under the direct effect of the Cuban Revolution he advocated in the TIP the thesis of "National Democratic Revolution". He founded the THKP-C in 1971 and periodical "Kurtulus" and organised some Urban Guerilla Actions. After the military putsch in March 1971 THKP-C kidnapped the Consul General of Israel, Ephrahim Elrom. In 1972 to prevent the execution of Deniz Gezmis and friends, Çayan and the leading cadres of the Party kidnapped three British technicians who worked at a military centre. They were soon killed by Turkish soldiers at 30 March 1972 in Kizildere.[1]