İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

İbrahim Kaypakkaya

Turkish Marxist–Leninist revolutionary

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1949

Place of Birth: Çorum Province, Turkey

Date of Death: 18-May-1973

Profession: politician, revolutionary

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ibrahim Kaypakkaya (1949 – May 18, 1973) was a major leader of the Communist movement in Turkey and 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.
They were successful in destroying the leadership of the TKP/ML.
Kaypakkaya, and several of his colleagues were arrested.
Kaypakkaya was executed by shooting in prison in 1973 after being tortured for over 4 months. He is revered by many of his admirers today as a symbol of resistance.
They describe him as an aggregator of the ideas and traits of other major leaders and thinkers in Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.