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3 unusual facts about Deniz Gezmiş


Deniz Gezmiş

On 4 May, President Cevdet Sunay, after officially consulting the Minister of Justice and Prime Minister Nihat Erim, refused to grant Gezmiş a pardon.

On 28 November 1968, he was arrested again after protesting US ambassador Robert Komer's visit to Turkey, but was later released.

My Father and My Son

Sadık's wife gives birth in a park and dies, but their son, Deniz, possibly named after leftist youth icon Deniz Gezmiş, survives.



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