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Turkish socialist labor union leader

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Kemal Türkler


President of Leader of the Workers Party of Turkey
In office 13 February 1967 – 27 December 1977

Personal details
Born	1926 Denizli, Turkey
Died	22 July 1980(1980-07-22) (aged 53–54) Istanbul, Turkey
Spouse	Sabahat Türkler

Kemal Türkler (1926 – 22 July 1980) was a Turkish socialist labor union leader. He was founder and first president of Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey (Türkiye Devrimci İşçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu, DISK), and also one of the founders of the Workers Party of Turkey (Türkiye İşçi Partisi, TİP) in 1963.

Life

He worked as a metal worker for a long time. He became president of Turkey's Metal Workers' Union (Türkiye Maden-Iş). He was a leading figure of the democratic trade union movement in Turkey.

Death

Kemal Türkler was assassinated on 22 July 1980 in front of his home in Merter, İstanbul by ultra-nationalist MHP militants. Türkler is commemorated on the anniversary of his killing each year by various left-wing parties, unions and organizations in Turkey.

References

News X Archived 2007-12-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)

Party political offices
Preceded byAvni Erakalın	Leader of the Workers Party of Turkey (TİP) 1962–1962	Succeeded byMehmet Ali Aybar

v t e Turkish nationalism
Ideology	16 Great Turkic Empires Atatürk personality cult Idealism (Turkey) Islamokemalism İttihadism Kemalism Nine Lights Doctrine Pan-Turkism Racism in Turkey Sun Language Theory Turkish Left Taksim Turanism Turkish Cypriot nationalism Turkish-Islamic synthesis Turkification Ulusalcılık
Organizations	9 September Front Association for Defence of National Rights Alperen Hearths Atsız Youth Black Gang Counter-Guerrilla Deep State Grey Wolves Kuva-yi Milliye Ottoman Hearths Peace at Home Council Turkish Revenge Brigade Turkish Hearths Turkish Resistance Organisation Turkists of Gebze TurkHackTeam Sultan Murad Division Youth Union of Turkey Wind Unit
Political parties	Young Turks (Ottoman Empire) Committee of Union and Progress (Ottoman Empire) Republican People's Party (1923–1944) Nation Party (1948) Republican Villagers Nation Party Nation Party (1962) Nationalist Movement Party Nation Party (1992) Workers' Party (left-wing) Great Unity Party Bright Turkey Party Independent Turkey Party Homeland Party People's Ascent Party Nationalist and Conservative Party Rights and Equality Party National Party Patriotic Party Good Party
People	Ziya Gökalp Talaat Pasha Enver Pasha Kâzım Karabekir Ali Suavi Ömer Seyfettin Noman Çelebicihan Mehmet Emin Yurdakul Yusuf Akçura Ali bey Huseynzade Ahmet Ağaoğlu Zeki Velidi Togan Rıza Nur Papa Eftim I Nihal Atsız Nejdet Sançar Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Peyami Safa Mahmut Esat Bozkurt Alparslan Türkeş Abulfaz Elchibey Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Namık Kemal Gün Sazak Attilâ İlhan Doğu Perinçek Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu Kemal Kerinçsiz Meral Akşener Yusuf Halaçoğlu Ümit Özdağ Sinan Oğan Bülent Ecevit
Historical events	Adana massacre Hamidian massacres 1913 Ottoman coup d'état Greek genocide Armenian genocide Assyrian genocide Deportations of Kurds Turkish War of Independence Elza Niego affair Zilan massacre 1934 Thrace pogroms Dersim massacre Racism-Turanism trials Istanbul pogrom Battle of Tillyria 1957 arson attack at Tahtakale Sivas massacre Expulsion of Greeks from Istanbul Turkish invasion of Cyprus Beyazıt massacre Political violence in Turkey Maraş massacre Assassination of Kemal Türkler 1995 Azerbaijani coup d'état attempt Zirve Publishing House murders Gezi Park protests Assassination of Hrant Dink Alfortville Armenian Genocide Memorial bombings 2005 Istanbul pogrom exhibition assault Murder of Deniz Poyraz
Policies	Atatürk's reforms Turkish History Thesis Place name changes Öztürkçe Language reform Animal name changes 1934 Resettlement Law Varlık Vergisi The Twenty Classes Citizen, speak Turkish! Confiscation of Armenian property Surname Law Denial of Kurds by Turkey Article 301 How happy is the one who says I am a Turk Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation Armenian genocide denial Şehitler ölmez vatan bölünmez!

v t e Political violence in Turkey
Pre 1976	Murder of Ertuğrul Dursun Önkuzu Murder of Hüseyin Aslantaş
1976-1980	Beyazıt massacre Ümraniye massacre Murder of Ali Osman Beydilli and Güven Bilgili Malatya massacre Piyangotepe massacre Murder of Bedrettin Cömert Balgat massacre Bahçelievler massacre Maraş massacre Adana Construction Vocational High School massacre Çorum massacre
Post 1980	Murder of Fırat Çakıroğlu During the June 2015 Turkish general election Assassination of Hrant Dink Murder of Deniz Poyraz

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