Halis Öztürk
Halis Öztürk (
Life
Halis was born in the
Ararat Rebellion
In 1927, when the
Deputy
After he returned to Turkey, taking advantage of an amnesty, he was elected a deputy representing
Coup
After the coup d'état on 27 May 1960, he was arrested and tried at the special court of Yassıada. Because he knew very little Turkish language, he gave his plea in "mix language" of Kurdish and Turkish. The accusation of the public prosecutor was the violation of and disregarding the constitution. He replied Mr. judge, I swear to God, if I've known that there was the constitution under our feet, I wouldn't have trampled on it.
The Yassıada trials sentenced him to ten years in prison for the violation of the constitution. Abdülmelik Fırat, his dormmate in Yassıada and later Kayseri, describes him in his memories named Fırat Mahzun Akar as being clever and witty.[5] Samet Ağaoğlu, another suspect of in the Yassıada trials, wrote in his memoirs named Marmara'da Bir Ada how Halis Öztürk replied to all contemptuous questions with witty answers in his local dialect.[6] He died on 24 September 1977. He had three wives, thirteen daughters and seven sons.[4]
Sources
- ISBN 975-7112-45-3, p. 180. (in Turkish)
- ^ İhsan Nuri, Ağrı Dağı İsyanı, Med Yayıncılık, 1992, p. 28. (in Turkish)
- ISBN 978-975-7115-08-3, p. 128. (in Turkish)
- ^ ISBN 978-975-7291-19-0, (in Turkish)
- ISBN 978-975-7112-09-9, pp. 38-39. (in Turkish)
- ^ Samet Ağaolğlu, Marmara'da Bir Ada, Baha Matbaası, 1972, p. 76. (in Turkish)