SOCIAL ACTIVIST

İbrahim Kaypakkaya

1949 - 1973

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İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1949 – May 18, 1973) was a Turkish Maoist, who founded the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML). He is revered by many today as a symbol of resistance and as an aggregator of the ideas of other major leaders and thinkers in Marxism–Leninism and Maoism. Kaypakkaya was captured after being wounded in an engagement with the Turkish military in Tunceli Province in 1973, and executed in Diyarbakır Prison four months later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. İbrahim Kaypakkaya is the 404th most popular social activist (up from 433rd in 2019), the 999th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,051st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Turkish Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, İbrahim Kaypakkaya ranks 404 out of 840Before him are Black Elk, Franceska Mann, Dhondo Keshav Karve, Meri Mangakāhia, Germaine Tillion, and Ram Manohar Lohia. After him are Ivan Bolotnikov, Ninomiya Sontoku, Pattimura, James Guillaume, Marsha P. Johnson, and Virginia Bolten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, İbrahim Kaypakkaya ranks 330Before him are Marilyn Burns, Ivan Buljan, César Aira, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Manny Mori, and George Friedman. After him are Würzel, Delia Owens, Erik Estrada, Ryohei Suzuki, Luís Pereira, and Paulo César Carpegiani. Among people deceased in 1973, İbrahim Kaypakkaya ranks 155Before him are Alina Szapocznikow, Ira Sprague Bowen, Paavo Talvela, Alexander Mosolov, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, and Mikhail Isakovsky. After him are Nancy Mitford, Lev Artsimovich, Israel Albert Horowitz, Kid Ory, Beulah Louise Henry, and Willy Fritsch.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, İbrahim Kaypakkaya ranks 999 out of 1,347Before him are Critolaus (-200), Hande Erçel (1993), Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (1901), Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (1968), Şivan Perwer (1955), and Justin (600). After him are Tigran Chukhajian (1837), Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder (1100), Pancras of Taormina (1), Lucius Marcius Philippus (-150), Colotes (-320), and Julia Cornelia Paula (300).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Türkiye

Among social activists born in Türkiye, İbrahim Kaypakkaya ranks 4Before him are Hrant Dink (1954), Deniz Gezmiş (1947), and Mari Beyleryan (1877). After him are Sakine Cansız (1958), Aslı Erdoğan (1967), Eren Keskin (1959), Cenk Uygur (1970), Hande Kader (1993), Murder of Özgecan Aslan (1995), and Saadet Özkan (1978).