Communism

A Turkish court has sentenced Tunceli Bar Association head U?ur Ye?iltepe to six years in jail on terrorism charges, making him the first chair of a Turkish bar association to be sentenced to prison since the 1980 military coup.

Ye?iltepe and six others were convicted of terrorist crimes stemming from their alleged membership in the outlawed Maoist Communist Party (MKP).

Two weeks after the arrest of convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, authorities at Domokos Prison in central Greece, have warned that recent transfers to the facility?s maximum-security wing pose a threat to ?order.?

A far-left Turkish group on Jan. 9 retracted its claim of responsibility for a suicide bombing of a police station in central Istanbul this week.

Homemade explosive devices have been found in two shopping malls in Istanbul, days after a deadly suicide bombing in the city center and and the attacks in Paris.

A female suicide bomber who detonated herself at an Istanbul police station in the touristic area of Sultanahmet has been identified as a Russian citizen named Diana Ramazova.

A policeman, Kenan Kuma?, was killed in the suicide attack by a woman at the Tourism Police Station on Jan. 6.

The prohibited Marxist DHKP-C group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing attack carried out in Istanbul on Tuesday.

The group, which is considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the EU and the US, claimed responsibility for the attack on its website, the BBC reports.

A female suicide bomber blew herself in Istanbul, killing one police officer and injuring another on Tuesday.

The target of the suicider was a police station in the tourist area Sultanahmet, near the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia museum, the BBC reports.

A policeman has been killed in a suicide attack by an English-speaking woman in central Istanbul.

Greek police on Jan. 3 arrested Christodoulos Xiros, a fugitive member of the Marxist guerrilla group November 17 who had absconded while on leave from prison almost a year ago.

One of the leading names of the Turkish communist movement, Rasih Nuri İleri, died at his home in Istanbul Dec. 6 morning at the age of 94. İleri's funeral will be held Tuesday at Bebek Mosque after noon prayers and his body will be laid to rest in the Aşiyan Cemetery.