Turkish Revolutionary Youth Federation
The Federation of Revolutionary Youth of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Devrimci Gençlik Federasyonu, Dev- Genç ) was founded in 1965 and 1971 prohibited the left - radical organization in Turkey, emerged from the many other leftist groups.
Formation
In 1960 there were in Turkey to a commander Cemal Gursel led by military coup. The stated goal was to end the political crisis, which was triggered by tensions between the political parties. The Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and other politicians were sentenced under corruption allegations to death and hanged on 17 September 1961 İmralı. After the military in 1961, a new constitution introduced, there were over power to a civilian government. The new constitution included modern economic and social principles and laws that would prevent the repression of the opposition. By this relative liberalization, the left was experiencing a strong upswing in Turkey. So for the first time was a socialist party, the approved TIP ( Turkish Workers Party) for a long time and made the entry into the Turkish Parliament.
Particularly held at Turkish universities -left currents feeder. Followers of the radical magazine Yön (direction) were elected as the leader of the so-called debating which came up at the great universities. As a radical movement and rebellion against the leadership of the parliamentary working tip, these clubs founded on December 17, 1965 National Alliance, the " Federation of debating " ( Fikir Kulüpleri Federasyonu, FKF ). On the 4th General Assembly of this Federation on 9 and 10 October In 1969, under the auspices of Mahir Cayan renaming the Dev- Genç that it was able to mobilize a significant part of the student youth.
Ideology and History
The often referred to as Guevarist or kastroistisch group, but was also close to the teachings of Mao and sympathized with the guerrilla war in Vietnam, managed a few thousand activists to gather around. They organized university occupations and led actions against the U.S. fleet. In addition, workers' strikes were supported and fought against the encroachments of the designated as civil fascists Ülkücü trailer. 1970, this alliance of debating was reorganized under radical leadership.
After the Dev- Genç was banned shortly after the coup of March 12, 1971 along with other left groups, the political movement could regroup in a short time. In the 1970s, grew the largest part of dozens of left, which differ in their strategy groups in Turkey from the Dev- Genç. Some of these all to Marxism -Leninism or Maoism following groups had a formative influence on some of the most important departments of the Kurdish movement in the 1970s and 1980s. As the essential emerged from Dev- Genç organizations Turkish People's Liberation Party-Front ( THKP -C), Communist Party of Turkey / Marxist Leninist ( TKP -ML ), Revolutionary road (Dev - Yol ), Revolutionary Left (Dev - Sol ) and today, the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front ( DHKP -C) apply.