People's Front (Turkey)

People's Front () is a Marxist-Leninist mass organization in the Republic of Turkey.

Organization Youth organization - Revolutionary Youth () Trade union - Revolutionary Workers Movement () Lawyers organization - People's Law Office () Engineers organization - Engineer Architects of the People () Prisoner support organization - TAYAD

Activity

Halk Cephesi works on issues such as solving social problems such as drug addiction, prostitution, gentrification. Halk Cephesi is active mostly in poor neighborhoods in Istanbul where it also has associations named "Hasan Ferit Gedik Center for Struggle and Liberation Against Drugs" which acts as a rehabilitation centre for those addicted to drugs.

Events On 29 September 2013 Hasan Ferit Gedik, young activist of Halk Cephesi was killed by drug gang in Maltepe. Members of People's Front opened clinic the Hasan Ferit Gedik Center for Struggle and Liberation from DrugsDrogen sind ein Feind im politischen Kampf

On 28–29 October 2020, close to 100 people from Halk Cephesi were arrested in raids across 12 provinces in Turkey

International relations People's Front is one of founder-members of the Anti-Imperialist Front, and organised yearly International Symposium against Imperialist Aggression.International Eyup Bas Symposium For Unity Of The Peoples Against Imperialist Aggression in Istanbul.

People's Front (Turkey)

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