Erdal Eren
Far-left Turkish militant · Turkey · On the map · Activists · Lived 1961 to 1980 · aged 19
Erdal Eren was a far-left militant executed by hanging in the aftermath of the military coup in September 1980 in Turkey. Eren was born on the 25 September 1961 or March 1962 in Şebinkarahisar, Giresun.
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His death sparked outrage in the Turkish society, as, according to his lawyer, he was 17 years old at the time of his execution. However, his father wrote in his letter to Kenan Evren that during the event Zekeriya Önge was killed, Eren was 18 years and 4 months old. Though, the issue of his age had not been important or agitated at the trial itself. It was later brought up in an appeal statement after the death penalty sentence had already been decided by the court. Eren was a student at a vocational high school in Ankara and a member of the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Association. He was also a member of the Hoxhaist Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey.
