Mehmet Ali Aybar

Mehmet Ali Aybar
Second president of the Workers' Party of Turkey
In office
1962–1969
Preceded byAvni Erakalın
Succeeded byMehmet Ali Aslan
Personal details
Born(1908-10-05)5 October 1908
Died10 July 1995(1995-07-10) (aged 86)
Istanbul, Turkey
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Mehmet Ali Aybar (pronounced [mehmet aɫi ajbaɾ]; 5 October 1908 – 10 July 1995) was a lawyer, member of the Turkish parliament, the second president of the Workers Party of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye İşçi Partisi or briefly TİP), the founder and President of the Socialist Revolution Party, and a member of the Russell Tribunal against the war crimes of the United States in Vietnam. He is known as one of the most prominent proponents of democratic socialism in Turkish political history.