İbrahim Kaypakkaya
| İbrahim Kaypakkaya | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 Çorum Province, Turkey |
| Died | May 18, 1973 (aged 23–24) Diyarbakır, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
| Political party | Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML) |
| Movement | Maoism |
| Parent(s) | Ali Kaypakkaya (father) Mediha Kaypakkaya (mother) |
İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1949 – May 18, 1973) was a major leader of the Communist movement in Turkey. He was the founder of the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML).
Following the military memorandum of 1971, the Turkish government cracked down on the Communist movement in Turkey and was successful in destroying the machinery of the TKP/ML. Kaypakkaya and several of his colleagues were arrested. Kaypakkaya died in prison in 1973 after being tortured for over 4 months and later being shot in the head by his interrogators.
He is revered by his admirers today as a symbol of resistance, who describe him as an aggregator of the ideas and traits of other major leaders and thinkers in Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.
Ibrahim Kaypakkaya was born in 1949. As a student in the physics department of Istanbul University’s Faculty of Science, he was first exposed to revolutionary ideas and became a member of the Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey. He joined in the foundation of the Çapa Idea Club (Turkish: Çapa Fikir Kulubü) in March 1968 and became the president of the club. He was expelled from the university in November 1968 for preparing a leaflet against the visiting 6th Fleet of the U.S. Navy.
Kaypakkaya, who adopted the view of National Democratic Revolution, worked for the newspaper İşçi Köylü ("Worker-Peasant"). He wrote articles in the magazines Aydınlık ("Enlightenment") and TÜRKSOLU ("Turkish Left"; not to be confused with the modern magazine Türksolu). Kaypakkaya then split from Doğu Perinçek and his group, as he considered Perinçek to be a revisionist and an opportunist. Kaypakkaya, who participated in the struggle of peasantry, formed TİKKO (Turkish: Türkiye İşci ve Köylü Kurtuluş Ordusu, "Workers' and Peasants' Liberation Army"), the armed wing of his Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist, and carried out activities in the cities of Tunceli, Malatya, and Gaziantep.
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