Deniz Gezmiş

Turkish revolutionary (1947–1972)

Deniz Gezmiş (Turkish pronunciation: [deˈniz ɟezˈmiʃ], 27 February 1947 – 6 May 1972) 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 born to an inspector of primary education and syndicalist Cemil Gezmiş and a primary school teacher Mukaddes Gezmiş.

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