Rasih Nuri İleri
Rasih Nuri İleri (1920–2014) was a Turkish writer and socialist politician. He was a member of various socialist parties during his lifetime. Early life and educationHe was born in Geneva on 28 March 1920.[1][2] His father was Suphi Nuri İleri.[3] İleri graduated from Haydarpaşa High School in 1939.[4] Then he obtained a degree in mathematics from Istanbul University in 1943.[2][4] Careerİleri joined the Communist Party in 1942 while attending Istanbul University.[5] He worked in different jobs and published articles in various publications, including Servet-i Fünun, Marko Paşa and Yeni Adam.[2][4] İleri was one of the founders of the Socialist Workers and Peasants Party in the mid-1940s.[5] He became a member of the Workers' Party of Turkey in the 1960s, but he was dismissed from the party due to his conflict with Mehmet Ali Aybar.[2] İleri was involved in the establishment of the United Communist Party of Turkey and United Socialist Party in the late 1980s.[5] He returned to the Communist Party in 2001.[5] İleri was the author of many books.[2] He translated Karl Marx's Das Kapital in 1965.[3] Personal life and deathİleri was married, and his wife, Bedia İleri, died in 2005.[2] They had three children, two sons and a daughter.[2] İleri had a good command of English, French and Greek.[4] İleri died in Istanbul on 6 December 2014 and was buried in Aşiyan cemetery.[4] References
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