Rasih Nuri İleri (1920–2014) was a Turkish writer and socialist politician. He was a member of various socialist parties during his lifetime.

Early life and education

He was born in Geneva on 28 March 1920. His father was

Suphi Nuri İleri Suphi Nuri İleri (1887–1945) was a Turkish politician and writer. Biography Suphi was born in Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, in 1887. He was the brother of Celal Nuri İleri. Their mother was Nefise Hanım, the eldest daughter of the Ottoman Al ...

. İleri graduated from

Haydarpaşa High School Haydarpaşa High School () is an Anatolian High School, Anatolian high school in Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey established in 1934. History Founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on September 26, 1934, the school initially operated as a boys' ...

in 1939. Then he obtained a degree in mathematics from

Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...

in 1943.

Career

İleri joined the Communist Party in 1942 while attending Istanbul University. He worked in different jobs and published articles in various publications, including ''

Servet-i Fünun ''Servet-i Fünun'' (; ) was an avant-garde journal published in the Ottoman Empire and later in Turkey. Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil, Halit Ziya (Uşaklıgil) and the other writers of the "New Literature" () movement published it to inform their reade ...

'', ''

Marko Paşa ''Marko Paşa'' (literally ''Marco Pasha'') was a weekly political satire magazine which was in circulation between 1946 and 1950. The magazine was based in Istanbul, Turkey, and subtitled, ''Political Satire Periodical for the People''. It is on ...

'' and ''

Yeni Adam ''Yeni Adam'' () was a cultural magazine which was published in Istanbul, Turkey, between 1934 and 1979 with some interruptions. It was one of the publications which were started to support the policies and ideas of the newly founded Republic of ...

''. İleri was one of the founders of the Socialist Workers and Peasants Party in the mid-1940s. He became a member of the Workers' Party of Turkey in the 1960s, but he was dismissed from the party due to his conflict with

Mehmet Ali Aybar Mehmet Ali Aybar (; 5 October 1908 – 10 July 1995) was a lawyer, member of the Turkish parliament, the second president of the Workers Party of Turkey ( or briefly ''TİP''), the founder and President of the Socialist Revolution Party, a ...

. İleri was involved in the establishment of the United Communist Party of Turkey and United Socialist Party in the late 1980s. He returned to the Communist Party in 2001. İleri was the author of many books. He translated Karl Marx's ''

Das Kapital ''Capital: A Critique of Political Economy'' (), also known as ''Capital'' or (), is the most significant work by Karl Marx and the cornerstone of Marxian economics, published in three volumes in 1867, 1885, and 1894. The culmination of his ...

'' in 1965.

Personal life and death

İleri was married, and his wife, Bedia İleri, died in 2005. They had three children, two sons and a daughter. İleri had a good command of English, French and Greek. İleri died in Istanbul on 6 December 2014 and was buried in Aşiyan cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:İleri, Rasih Nuri 20th-century Turkish politicians 21st-century Turkish politicians 1920 births 2014 deaths Istanbul University alumni Turkish political party founders Workers' Party of Turkey politicians 20th-century Turkish non-fiction writers 20th-century Turkish translators Politicians from Geneva Communist Party of Turkey (historical) politicians Burials at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery