My Life of Struggle for Independence from THKP-C

"This work, which I hope will be a resource for researchers who will write history in the future, in a way means fulfilling a revolutionary duty that fell to me. Moreover, this effort may be for those who are interested, like me, who tried to continue the organized struggle within the revolutionary actions and events of the 60s and 70s." Revealing his accumulated material can also explain how a regimented revolutionary, not an educated one, found a place among so many literate and literate people, a person like me, whose previous life consisted of bars, saz, casinos and prisons, and who had never seen a school or a madrasa. "The fact that he was a revolutionary who could talk a few words aroused people's curiosity, some of my friends who were writers and illustrators wanted to write about my life, and on the other hand, many of our comrades insisted that I write about what I experienced, which was effective in the emergence of this book."

The political story of the transformation of 'Çörtük İsmet', a local character from Çarsamba, into 'Socialist Çörtük İsmet'... Political notes of the historical journey from TIP to THKP-C and from there to the leadership of the Liberation Organization, written by İsmet Öztürk. .. In a historical evolution, the political breakdown of a period in which dozens of political characters, especially Mahir Çayan and his friends, the details of the Kızıldere days, the divisions after the THKP-C, and the Tradition of Independence are included in the story...
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 246

Year of Printing: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Footnote

Cover Design: Sinan Solmaz

Number of Pages: 246

First Print Year: 2015

Language Turkish