famous hemshinians
Posted: 03 Mar 2009, 17:51
Dear friends,
I thought you might find it interesting to know about famous hemshinians in Turkey. This is not a scientific work ofcourse; I will just list the ones I know. Join me, so we can have a longer list.
1. Sadrazam Mehmet Paşa. He is the first in the list, not because I love him, but he is the oldest one I know. He was the Sadrazam (Prime minister) of the Ottoman Empire during one of the wars against Russia. Ottoman and British navies bombarded Sebastopol then. He is said to be a very corrupt man
2. Nail karaçam. The third revolutionary martyr of the '68 generation. He was from Tsintsiva village of Çamlıhemşin. He was ambushed by fascists. His name was mentioned in a revolutionary chant.
3. Deniz Gezmiş. Half Hemshinian. One of the most famous marxist guerilla leaders of the '68 generation in Turkey. He was the leader of the Turkish People's Liberation Army. He and his friends robbed some banks, kidnapped american soldiers two times but never killed anybody. He was caught and hanged in 1972. His mother was a Hemshinian from Dzimil.
4. Cihan Alptekin. Another leader of the organization above and a close friend of Deniz Gezmiş. He, together with revolutionaries of another group, Turkish People's Liberation Party/Front kidnapped 3 NATO technicians working in a radar and tried to have Deniz Gezmiş and his two friends freed in return. All of them and the technicians were killed in a military operation. He was from Odze village of Ardeshen.
5. Mesut Yılmaz. Former Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister. He has been accused of corruption but not convicted. He is hated by many Hemshinians and considered as a traitor, for he tried to build a hydroelectrical plant on Furtuna river which runs through Çamlıhemşin. The plant would nearly dry the river. Hemshinians struggled and prevented it. He is from a Hemshinian village in the town Çayeli (Mapavri).
6. Murat karayalçın. Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister and Ankara Mayor. He is the leader of a social democrat party and running for mayor again. He is from Tsintsiva village of Çamlıhemşin.
7. Tevfik İleri. A member of Demokrat Parti and Education minister in the fifties. He was put to jail after a military takeover in 1960. He died in jail next year. He was from Gomno village of Hemshin.
8. Numan Okumuş. Football player of Fenerbahçe, the biggest and the greatest and the loveliest team in Turkey
9. Zafer Biryol. Football player. He was transferred to Fenerbahçe but he got injured and couldn't find much chance to play.
There are singers who sing Hemshinian tunes but I am not sure whether they are Hemshinian or not. So, that's all I remember folks.
I thought you might find it interesting to know about famous hemshinians in Turkey. This is not a scientific work ofcourse; I will just list the ones I know. Join me, so we can have a longer list.
1. Sadrazam Mehmet Paşa. He is the first in the list, not because I love him, but he is the oldest one I know. He was the Sadrazam (Prime minister) of the Ottoman Empire during one of the wars against Russia. Ottoman and British navies bombarded Sebastopol then. He is said to be a very corrupt man
2. Nail karaçam. The third revolutionary martyr of the '68 generation. He was from Tsintsiva village of Çamlıhemşin. He was ambushed by fascists. His name was mentioned in a revolutionary chant.
3. Deniz Gezmiş. Half Hemshinian. One of the most famous marxist guerilla leaders of the '68 generation in Turkey. He was the leader of the Turkish People's Liberation Army. He and his friends robbed some banks, kidnapped american soldiers two times but never killed anybody. He was caught and hanged in 1972. His mother was a Hemshinian from Dzimil.
4. Cihan Alptekin. Another leader of the organization above and a close friend of Deniz Gezmiş. He, together with revolutionaries of another group, Turkish People's Liberation Party/Front kidnapped 3 NATO technicians working in a radar and tried to have Deniz Gezmiş and his two friends freed in return. All of them and the technicians were killed in a military operation. He was from Odze village of Ardeshen.
5. Mesut Yılmaz. Former Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister. He has been accused of corruption but not convicted. He is hated by many Hemshinians and considered as a traitor, for he tried to build a hydroelectrical plant on Furtuna river which runs through Çamlıhemşin. The plant would nearly dry the river. Hemshinians struggled and prevented it. He is from a Hemshinian village in the town Çayeli (Mapavri).
6. Murat karayalçın. Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister and Ankara Mayor. He is the leader of a social democrat party and running for mayor again. He is from Tsintsiva village of Çamlıhemşin.
7. Tevfik İleri. A member of Demokrat Parti and Education minister in the fifties. He was put to jail after a military takeover in 1960. He died in jail next year. He was from Gomno village of Hemshin.
8. Numan Okumuş. Football player of Fenerbahçe, the biggest and the greatest and the loveliest team in Turkey
9. Zafer Biryol. Football player. He was transferred to Fenerbahçe but he got injured and couldn't find much chance to play.
There are singers who sing Hemshinian tunes but I am not sure whether they are Hemshinian or not. So, that's all I remember folks.