Salih Mirzabeyoglu

Salih Mirzabeyoĝlu
Born Salih İzzet Erdiş
May 9, 1950(1950-05-09)
Erzincan, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Occupation Author, currently serving life in prison
Known for İBDA Ideology, Books

Salih Mirzabeyoglu (real name Salih İzzet Erdiş, born 1950, in Erzincan) is a fundamentalist idealogue and alleged leader of the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front (IBDA-C), an militant Islamist group present in Turkey.[1] In 1975, he and his friends published a political magazine Gölge (Shadow). Towards the end of the decade, he met Necip Fazıl Kısakürek and established the IBDA-C. He was arrested in 29 December 1998 for allegedly being the leader of Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front. He was sentenced to death.[2]

Bibliography

He has written 50 books.

See also

References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia of terrorism, Ed. Harvey W. Kushner, (SAGE Publications, 2003), 151.
  2. ^ "Salih Mirzabeyoğlu takma isimli Salih İzzet Erdiş İBDA/C liderine ölüm cezası" (in Turkish). NTV-MSNBC. Anadolu Agency. http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/74689.asp. Retrieved 2008-11-04.