Kemal 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.

Kemal Türkler
President of Leader of the Workers Party of Turkey
In office
13 February 1967  27 December 1977
Personal details
Born1926
Denizli, Turkey
Died22 July 1980(1980-07-22) (aged 53–54)
Istanbul, Turkey
Spouse(s)Sabahat Türkler

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.

Kemal Türkler was assassinated on 22 July 1980 in front of his home in Merter, İstanbul by ultra-nationalist MHP militants.[1]

See also

References

  1. News X Archived 2007-12-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
Party political offices
Preceded by
Avni Erakalın
Leader of the Workers Party of Turkey (TİP)
19621962
Succeeded by
Mehmet Ali Aybar
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