Thousands gather in Islanbul to mourn extremist leader

Thousands of supporters of an outlawed far-left Turkish group gathered in Istanbul on Friday waving red communist flags to mourn the death of its leader, Dursun Karatas, at the age of 55.
The long procession followed the coffin of the former leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C)-listed as a terrorist organisation by Ankara, the European Union and the United States-to a cemetery in the Gazi district."Heros are immortal, the people are invincible! Death to fascism, long live our fight!" shouted demonstrators in the crowd, which weaved its way through Gazi for three hours.The body of Karatas, who died of cancer, had been repatriated from the Netherlands. The leader of the outlawed Turkish group had lived in hiding in Europe after fleeing a jail sentence in 1989.The leftist militant was arrested in 1980 and sentenced to death for ordering five murders, including that of a former prime minister, Nihat Erim.In 1989, his sentence was changed to life imprisonment and in 1994 he founded the DHKP-C.Some in the crowd on Friday wondered what Karatas' death would mean for their movement."Today is a historic day. A page has turned for the revolutionary movement in Turkey, maybe the last," a militant told AFP under the condition of anonymity. The DHKP-C has claimed several deadly attacks, including a 2001 suicide-bombing in Istanbul that killed four, including the bomber.The armed group in 2004 apologised to the population of Istanbul for an "involuntary" explosion on a bus that killed four and left another 21 people injured.
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