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Deniz Gezmiş

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Deniz Gezmiş

Birth
Ankara, Türkiye
Death
6 May 1972 (aged 25)
Ankara, Türkiye
Burial
Ankara, Ankara, Add to Map
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He was a Turkish Marxist-Leninist revolutionary, student leader, and political activist in Turkey in the late 1960s. He was one of the founding members of the People's Liberation Army of Turkey (THKO). He was executed by hanging in Ankara Central Prison after a pardon was not granted.
He was a Turkish Marxist-Leninist revolutionary, student leader, and political activist in Turkey in the late 1960s. He was one of the founding members of the People's Liberation Army of Turkey (THKO). He was executed by hanging in Ankara Central Prison after a pardon was not granted.


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