Mehmet Ali Aybar

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Mehmet Ali Aybar (1908 in Istanbul - 1995) was an International lawyer, Member of Turkish Parliament, First President of the Workers Party of Turkey (TİP), Founder and President of the Socialist Revolution Party and Member of The International War Crimes Tribunal against war crimes of USA in Vietnam (also called the 'Russell Tribunal').

Ali Aybar graduated from the Law School of İstanbul University and became an assistant of constitutional law and later assistant professor of international law. In 1946 he was expelled from the university because of his writings. The same year he was a candidate for the Democrat Party for parliamentary elections although he was not ultimately elected. In 1949 he was sentenced to a term in prison but was released in 1950 under a general amnesty. In 1962 he became the president of the Turkish Workers' Party, and was elected to the parliament. He opposed to the invasion of Czechoslovakia and this caused contradictions in the party. In 1971 he resigned from TİP. In 1975 he founded Socialist Party (later called Socialist Revolution Party). This party was closed by the military coup in 1980.

Aybar was also a member of the International War Crimes Tribunal which was founded by Bertrand Russell.

Mehmet Ali Aybar died on July 10, 1995 in İstanbul.