Barbara Kistler

Barbara Anna Kistler
Born 21 October 1957
Zürich, Switzerland
Died January 1993
Tunceli Province, Turkey
Nationality Switzerland
Occupation politician, guerrilla
Known for Far-left activism
Political party Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist
Movement Workers' and Peasants' Liberation Army of Turkey

Barbara Anna Kistler (21 November 1955 – January 1993) was a Swiss maoist revolutionary, TKP/ML activist and member of the Workers' and Peasants' Liberation Army of Turkey.

Biography

Kistler was born in Zürich, Switzerland. She was member of the Group Against Isolation (KGI),[1] which was seeking to build a Communist Party in Switzerland. In 1980, she met communists from Turkey who had fled to Switzerland to escape the military coup. In 1986 Barbara Kistler came into contact with sympathizers of the TKP/ML.[2] On 19 May 1991, she was arrested in Istanbul together with her comrades. She was held incommunicado for 10 days and according to Marcel Bosonnet (a Swiss lawyer) "severely tortured"[3] Kistler was released on September 16 and returned to Switzerland. Then she went back to Turkey. She decided to go to the mountains of Turkey to join the armed struggle of the Workers' and Peasants' Liberation Army of Turkey. She was killed in Tunceli Province, in 1993.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sosyalist Forum - Barbara Anna Kistler Archived December 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Baba Erdogan: Anna KİSTLER
  3. ↑ .Amnesty International: Barbara Kistler Archived December 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Barbara Kistler est née il y a 50 ans, le 21 octobre 1955
  5. ↑ Barbara Anna Kistler Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.

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