People's Front (Turkey)

Halk Cephesi
Motto Let us establish the power of the people!
Type Far-left political movement
Purpose social activism
Headquarters Istanbul
Location
  • Turkey
Main organ
 Yürüyüş

People's Front (Turkish: Halk Cephesi) is mass organization related to DHKP-C.

Organization

  • Youth organization - Revolutionary Youth (Turkish: Devrimci Gençlik)
  • Trade union - Revolutionary Workers Movement (Turkish: Devrimci İşçi Hareketi)
  • Lawyers organization - People's Law Office
  • Prisoner support organization - TAYAD
  • Architects and Engineers of the People

Activity

Halk Cephesi works on solving social problems such as drug addiction, prostitution, gentrification. Halk Cephesi is active mostly in poor neighborhoods in Istanbul.

Events

On 29 September 2013 Hasan Ferit Gedik, young activist of Halk Cephesi was killed by drug gang in Maltepe.[1] Members of People's Front opened clinic the Hasan Ferit Gedik Center for Struggle and Liberation from Drugs[2]

International relations

People's Front is one of founder-members of Anti-imperialist Front, and organized an International Symposium against Imperialist Aggression.[3] in Istanbul.

See also

References

  1. ↑ FAZLI MERT; ÖZGÜR GÜNEŞ İSTANBUL (1 October 2013). "DHKP-C ve torbacı savaşı". ZAMAN. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Drogen sind ein Feind im politischen Kampf
  3. ↑ International Eyup Bas Symposium For Unity Of The Peoples Against Imperialist Aggression

Bibliography

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