Harun Karadeniz
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Harun Karadeniz was a student leader of the 1968 generation in Turkey and the chair of the Student Union of Istanbul Technical University
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He, together with other prominent student leaders such as Deniz Gezmiş
, was one of the student leaders who organised the famous protest against the American Navy Sixth Fleet arriving at Istanbul port.
Harun suffered cancer when he was in detention after the 1971 military coup in Turkey. He was not allowed medical treatment during his imprisonment, which eventually led to the spread of the cancer. Despite therapy in London, he died at age 33.
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Technical University is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third oldest technical university dedicated to engineering sciences as well as social sciences recently, and is one of the most prominent educational institutions in Turkey...
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He, together with other prominent student leaders such as Deniz Gezmiş
Deniz Gezmis
Deniz Gezmiş was a Turkish Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and political activist in the Turkey in the late 1960s...
, was one of the student leaders who organised the famous protest against the American Navy Sixth Fleet arriving at Istanbul port.
Harun suffered cancer when he was in detention after the 1971 military coup in Turkey. He was not allowed medical treatment during his imprisonment, which eventually led to the spread of the cancer. Despite therapy in London, he died at age 33.