From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Fikri Sönmez

Turkish politician (1938–1985)

Summary

Turkish politician (1938–1985)

Field	Value
name	Fikri Sönmez
imagesize	300px
caption	Fikri Sönmez at office
birth_date	1938
birth_place	Kabakdağı, Fatsa, Ordu, Turkey
death_date	4 May 1985
death_place	Amasya, Turkey
restingplace	Kabakdağı, Fatsa
office	Mayor of Fatsa
term_start	14 October 1979
term_end	11 July 1980
predecessor	Nazmiye Komitoğlu
successor	Mazhar Yerebasmaz
profession	Tailor, politician
party	Devrimci Yol
spouse	Nurten Sönmez (married 1962)
children	2

Fikri Sönmez (widely known as Terzi Fikri ("Fikri the Tailor")) (1938 - 4 May 1985) was a Turkish communist politician, who served as the mayor of Fatsa district of Ordu Province between 1979 and 1980.

Early years

He was born in the Chveneburi (Muslim Georgian) village of Kabakdağı in Fatsa, Turkey. After the primary school, he started to work as a tailor in a workshop. He moved to Istanbul, he joined the Workers Party of Turkey (TİP) in the 1960s. He took part in protests against the Turkey visits of the United States Sixth Fleet since 1969 on the side of Dev-Genç (Revolutionary Youth). From 1972 to 1974, Sönmez was imprisoned for his support to the Turkish revolutionary activist Mahir Çayan. After 1975, he joined political activities in the cities of Ordu, Giresun and Samsun.

Mayorship

After the death of Nazmiye Komitoğlu, who was the mayor of Fatsa from the Republican People's Party (CHP), he ran for the vacant seat as an independent. After his election as the mayor, he split Fatsa into eleven regions and created people's committees. He made campaigns against the violence against women, the poor infrastructure in Fatsa, gambling, diseases because of the bad conditions in the town. Because of his success in the town, he got support from different political movements in the town.

He was blamed creating a new state inside the Turkish Republic by the Justice Party (AP). On 11 July 1980, Turkish military conducted an operation against the town. Fikri Sönmez was arrested and put into prison. He died of a heart attack in Amasya penitentiary on 4 May 1985.

He was survived by his wife Nurten Sönmez, he married in 1962, and his sons Naci and Yusuf.

References

"Hurriyet Daily News - Turkish PMs tears draw ire of families of 1980 coup victims".
(2012-04-26). "Fikri Sönmez'in karısı ilk kez konuştu". İnternet Haber.
"Milliyet - Ece Temelkuran - Teferruat!".
"Milliyet -Tarihte bugün".

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

turkish-communists turkish-socialists 1938-births 1985-deaths turkish-people-who-died-in-prison-custody mayors-of-places-in-turkey people-from-fatsa turkish-people-of-georgian-descent prisoners-who-died-in-turkish-detention

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Fikri Sönmez — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report