Kemal Pir

Kemal Pir, also known as Laz Kemal (1952 in Güzeloluk, Gümüşhane Province – 7 September 1982 in Diyarbakır, Turkey) was a Laz-Turkish Marxist–Leninist revolutionary and one of the ethnically Laz founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.Influenced by the revolutionary movement led by Abdullah Öcalan, he left the university.[2] In 1972, living together with Haki Karer in the same house, they received Öcalan after he was released from Mamak prison.[3] At the foundation meeting of the PKK in November 1978, he was elected a member of the central committee.[2] During his trial he declared that the PKK would begin a peoples revolt when the time was right.
GüzelolukGümüşhane ProvinceTurkeyDiyarbakırDiyarbakır ProvinceHunger strikeAnkara UniversityKurdistan Workers' PartyMarxist–LeninistHacettepe UniversityAbdullah ÖcalanHaki KarerDiyarbakir PrisonZiya Pir