Salih Mirzabeyoğlu

Salih Mirzabeyoĝlu
Born Salih İzzet Erdiş
May 9, 1950
Erzincan, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Occupation Author
Known for Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front (İBDA-C)

Salih Mirzabeyoğlu (real name Salih İzzet Erdiş; born 1950, Erzincan) is a Kurdish[1] fundamentalist ideologue and alleged leader of the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front (IBDA-C), a militant Islamist group present in Turkey.[2] In 1975, he and his friends published a political magazine Gölge (Shadow). He was arrested on 29 December 1998 for allegedly being the leader of Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.[3] On July 23, 2014 he was released from prison, and on November 29, 2014 consulted with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[4]

Bibliography

He has written 50 books.

See also

References