People's Front (Turkey)

People's Front is a Marxist-Leninist mass organization in the Republic of Turkey.

Organization

Youth organization - Revolutionary Youth
Trade union - Revolutionary Workers Movement
Lawyers organization - People's Law Office
Engineers organization - Engineer Architects of the People
Prisoner support organization - TAYAD

Activity

Halk Cephesi works on issues such as solving social problems such as drug addiction, prostitution, gentrification. Halk Cephesi is active mostly in poor neighborhoods in Istanbul where it also has associations named "Hasan Ferit Gedik Center for Struggle and Liberation Against Drugs" which acts as a rehabilitation centre for those addicted to drugs. Public officials, hold the view that the People's Front is related to the DHKP-C.

Events

On 29 September 2013 Hasan Ferit Gedik, young activist of Halk Cephesi was killed by drug gang in Maltepe. Members of People's Front opened clinic the Hasan Ferit Gedik Center for Struggle and Liberation from Drugs
On 28–29 October 2020, close to 100 people from Halk Cephesi were arrested in raids across 12 provinces in Turkey

International relations

People's Front is one of founder-members of the Anti-Imperialist Front, and organised yearly International Symposium against Imperialist Aggression. in Istanbul.