Behice Boran
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2015) |
Behice Boran | |
|---|---|
| President of the Turkish Workers' Party | |
| In office 1970–1972 | |
| Succeeded by | Şaban Yıldız |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1965–1969 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1910 Bursa, Ottoman Empire, (modern Turkey) |
| Died | 10 October 1987 (aged 77) Brussels, Belgium |
| Spouse | Nevzat Hatko |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Behice Boran (1 May 1910 – 10 October 1987) was a Turkish
sociologist.[1] As a dissenting political voice from the far-left, Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish military coup of 1980
.
Biography
Boran was born in
the United States. She received a PhD on sociology in 1939 from the University of Michigan, and was involved in Marxism. She was nominated to Ankara University
, Faculty of Language and History-Geography as an associate professor.
She also joined the clandestine
Turkish parliament.[4] Within the party Boran and Sadun Aren formed an alliance, known as Aren-Boran faction.[5]
In 1970, she assumed the leadership of the party.[6] She was arrested after the military coup of 1971 and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. After she was released following an amnesty in 1974, she re-established the TİP in 1975.[6]
After the military coup of 1980, Boran went into exile in Europe, living as a political refugee in
Brussels, Belgium. She was 77 years old. Her body was brought to Istanbul and her funeral turned into a mass demonstration, the first public show of force of Turkey's left-wing movement after the coup.[citation needed
]
References
- ^ "Behice Boran".
- ^ Profile, odatv.com; Retrieved 10 October 2015.(in Turkish)
- ^ "Adımlar (1943-1944)". TUSTAV (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Şanlıurfa Seçim Sonuçları". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- .
- ^ ISBN 9780857718808.
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