İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1949 – May 18, 1973) was an important leader of the communist movement in Turkey and the founder of 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-Maoism. Kaypakkaya was captured after being wounded in an engagement with the Turkish military in Tunceli Province in 1973, and executed in Diyarbakir Prison four months later.
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1949 Karakaya, Alaca, Çorum Province, Turkey
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18 May 1973 (aged 23) Diyarbakır, Turkey
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