Kemal Burkay

Kemal Burkay ( * 1937 in the village Kizilkale in Mazgirt / Tunceli ) is a Kurdish writer and politician.

Burkay completed his school education in Tunceli and went in 1949 after akcadag in Malatya, to become a teacher. In addition, he also visited the university in Ergani in Diyarbakir. In 1955 he completed his teacher training. From 1956 to 1960 he studied at the Law Faculty in Ankara. In 1959, he was charged with several other persons for Kurdish propaganda. This process was known as a process of 49. In 1964 he began his work as a lawyer in Elazig and gave his first magazine with CIRA ( dt: candle) out, a Turkish-language art magazine published six times.

Two years later he moved his law firm after Tunceli and was there the magazine Ezilenler ( dt: The Oppressed) out, which appeared 25 times. 1965 Burkay member of the Workers Party of Turkey (TIP) and helped the TIP in organizing their party in the cities of Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli and Erzincan.

Because of an article on the Kurdish issue in the journal Yeni Akis ( dt: New flow ) he was imprisoned in 1966 for four months. 1969 and 1971 he was indicted and arrested again because of political motives. After his last prison term, he went via Lebanon to Europe. As in 1974, the Turkish government passed an amnesty law, Burkay returned to Turkey. Then he founded with other people, the Socialist Party of Kurdistan ( kurd: Partiya Sosyalist a Kurdistan - PSK). The PSC was 1975, their first party newspaper under the name Özgürlük Yolu ( dt: path of freedom ) out. At first, the magazine was only later Turkish Kurdish, scored runs of 5000 pieces and appeared 44 times. Burkay there wrote under his own name and under different pseudonyms.

In 1977, the magazine Roja Welat who was Turkish and Kurdish half to half. Until the military coup in Turkey in 1980 published 12 issues of it. Later, the PSC set up his own publishing company with the name Wesanxana Riya Azadî and published books on the Kurdish issue. Many books and magazines were confiscated and their authors sued. 1980, the publisher was banned. Then Burkay left Turkey again and continued his work in exile.

Burkay written over the years to the 40 books and many articles in Turkish and Kurdish. Before the advent of the PKK, the PSC had among the Kurds abroad big impact. Burkay remained from its founding to 2003, party leader of the PSC.

After his 31 -year exile Burkay returned to Turkey on 30 July 2011. He was received at the Istanbul airport by a large crowd.

Since the end of 2012 is Burkay Chairman of Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi.

Selected Works

Poetics, culture, theater

  • Yasamanin ötesinde ( Beyond of life); Novel, published in 1964 in the newspaper Vatan.
  • Prangalar ( shackles ); Poem, 1966 Ankara
  • Helbestên Kurdî ( Kurdish poems); 1974 Germany in the journal Ronahi.
  • Dersim
  • Dawiya Dehaq, pîyesê manzum; play
  • Aliko û Baz, A Children Book, 1988 Stockholm
  • Andersen Zmanê Kurdî ( Lessons of the Kurdish language ); 1988
  • Azadî û Jiyan ( life and liberty ); 1988 and 1993 Istanbul
  • Kürtler ve Kürdistan ( Kurds and Kurdistan ); About Geography, History and Literature of Kurdistan, Istanbul 1992
  • Yakilan sîîrîn Türküsü ( The Song of the burnt poem ); 1993 Istanbul
  • Berf Fedi Dike ( The snow is ashamed ); Kurdish poem, 1995 Istanbul
  • Can Tasir Dicle ( Tigris wearing life ); Turkish poem, 1998 Istanbul

Policy

  • Türkiye Şartlarinda Kürt Halkinin Kurtulus Mücadelesi (the liberation struggle of the Kurdish people under the conditions in Turkey)
  • Milli Demokratik Devrim ( National Democratic Revolution); 1973 Germany
  • Sosyal Emperyalizm sorunu ve Türkiye de Maocu Akim ( The problem of social imperialism and the Maoisteneinfluss in Turkey); 1976 Ankara
  • Milli Mesele ve Kürdistan because feodalite - Aşiret ( The national matter and feudalism - Eşiret in Kurdistan ); 1976 Ankara
  • Kürdistan in Sömürgelesmesi ve Kürt Ulusal Hareketleri ( Colonization of Kurdistan and the Kurdish national movement ); 1978 Ankara
  • Devrimcilik Terorizm mi mi? ( Revolution or terrorism? ); 1984, Europe.
  • Kürt sorunu, Baris ve demokrasi ( Kurdish problem, Peace and Democracy)
  • SECME Yazilar, Cilt 1 ( Selected Writings, Volume 1 ), 1995 Istanbul
  • SECME Yazilar, Cilt 2 ( Selected Writings, Volume 2 ), 1996 Istanbul
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