People's Front (Turkey)

Halk Cephesi
Type	Far-left political movement
Purpose	social activism
Headquarters	Istanbul
Location	Turkey;
Main organ	Yürüyüş

People's Front (Turkish: Halk Cephesi) is a Marxist-Leninist mass organization in the Republic of Turkey.

Organization

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

Activity

Halk Cephesi works on issues such as solving social problems such as drug addiction, prostitution, gentrification. Halk Cephesi is active mostly in poor neighborhoods in Istanbul where it also has associations named "Hasan Ferit Gedik Center for Struggle and Liberation Against Drugs" which acts as a rehabilitation centre for those addicted to drugs. Public officials, hold the view that the People's Front is related to the DHKP-C.

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]

On 28–29 October 2020, close to 100 people from Halk Cephesi were arrested in raids across 12 provinces in Turkey^[3]

International relations

People's Front is one of founder-members of the Anti-Imperialist Front, and organised yearly International Symposium against Imperialist Aggression.^[4] in Istanbul.

References

^ FAZLI MERT; ÖZGÜR GÜNEŞ İSTANBUL (1 October 2013). "DHKP-C ve torbacı savaşı". ZAMAN. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ Drogen sind ein Feind im politischen Kampf
^ "Halk Cephesi'ne yönelik operasyonda 100'e yakın gözaltı". 29 October 2020.
^ International Eyup Bas Symposium For Unity Of The Peoples Against Imperialist Aggression

Bibliography

External links

Halkın Sesi
Istanbul's Gentrification Wars Vice's reportage on YouTube

[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] "Halk Cephesi'ne yönelik operasyonda 100'e yakın gözaltı". 29 October 2020.

[4] International Eyup Bas Symposium For Unity Of The Peoples Against Imperialist Aggression

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