‎Socialisme‎

‎SABAN YILDIZ, (1919-2000), (Turkish socialist, politician, member of TIP).‎

‎[Typescript declaration on anti-martial law decision autograph signed 'Saban Yildiz' addressed to Ayata Begensel].‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typescript declaration on anti-martial law decision in Turkey, June 17, 1970 autograph signed 'Saban Yildiz' addressed to Ayata Begensel]. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Turkish. Folded. 1 p. Signed by Saban Yildiz. Yildiz was one of one of the 12 unionized founder of TIP (TLP) and first general secretary.‎

‎TIP: TÜRKIYE ISÇI PARTISI.‎

‎[DECLARATION on the CRITIQUES of 1971 COUP and NIHAT ERIM] Türkiye Isçi Partisi Genel Merkezi Sayi: 71/213. Ankara, 5 Mart 1971.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typewritten declaration. Folio. (33 x 25 cm). In Turkish. Folded. In its original stamped envelope. 2 p. Ismail Nihat Erim, (1912-1980) was a Turkish politician. He was killed in 1980 by DEV-SOL organization. Scarce. Not in IISG.; Not in OCLC.‎

‎SDP: SOCIALIST REVOLUTION PARTY.‎

‎Sosyalist Devrim Partisi. Senden oy isteyenleri tani.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original printed propaganda leaflet. Folded. Folio. (42 x 30 cm -Open size-). In Turkish. 2 p. Sosyalist Devrim Partisi. Senden oy isteyenleri tani. Election propaganda brochure of SDP: Socialist Revolution Party. Pary's logo on upper left corner. Rare. Not in IISG.; Not in OCLC.‎

‎YOUTH DECLARATION].‎

‎Halktan yana güçler mutlaka üstün gelecektir.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original printed declaration. 4to. (29 x 21 cm). In Turkish. Folded. After the text, signature areas are blank. Halktan yana güçler mutlaka üstün gelecektir. Call to Anti-Imperialist campaign in which Deniz Gezmis, Harun Karadeniz played an active role. Not in IISG.; Not in OCLC. Extremey rare.‎

‎SABAN ERIK, (1962-), (General secratary of TIP -TLP-).‎

‎Genelge: Türkiye Isçi Partisi Genel Merkezi Sayi: 71/122. Ankara, 10 Subat 1971. Parti gazetesi hakkinda.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original printed declaration on the newspaper published by TIP (Turkish Labor Party). Folio. (33 x 23 cm). In Turkish. Folded. 1 p. Chipped on folded lines. Otherwise a good copy. Printed signature of Saban Erik. There's a list including distribution quantities of 'Parti Gazetesi' [i. e. Newspaper of Party] for Turkish cities. Scarce. Not in IISG.; Not in OCLC.‎

‎TIP: TURKISH LABOR PARTY.‎

‎[Declaration by TIP Presidency of Eskisehir city].‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original printed declaration. 4to. In Turkish. Folded. 1 p. [Declaration of TIP Eskisehir City Presidency]. Dated 'February 26, 1969'.‎

‎KADIR YILDIRIM.‎

‎Osmanli'da isçiler, (1870-1922). Çalisma hayati, örgütler, görevler.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Turkish. 387 p. Osmanli'da isçiler, (1870-1922). Çalisma hayati, örgütler, görevler. Labors in the Ottoman Empire, 1870-1922: Work life, organizations and tasks.‎

‎MEHMET ALI AYBAR, (Turkish politician, athlete), (1908-1995).‎

‎Türkiye Isçi Partisi II. Olagan Büyük Kongre açis konusmasi. 9 Kasim 1968 (Ankara Selim Sirri Tarcan Spor Salonu).‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 15 p. Many underlined sentences. This is the opening speech text of Mehmet Ali Aybar in November 9, 1968 in Ankara for the 3rd Traditional Great Congress. Aybar was an international lawyer, member of the Turkish parliament, the first president of the Workers Party of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Isçi Partisi or briefly TIP), the founder and President of the Socialist Revolution Party, and a member of the Russell Tribunal against the war crimes of the United States in Vietnam. Not in OCLC.‎

‎SAIT ÇILTAS, (TIP Secretary general in Kurdish origin).‎

‎[DECLARATION on FACTION ACCUSATION against AYBAR] Türkiye Isçi Partisi Genel Merkezi Sayi: 71/127. Ankara, 12 Subat 1971.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typewritten declaration with autograph signed 'Sait Çiltas'. Folded. Folio. (35 x 23 cm). In Turkish. 1 p. Stamped on verso. [DECLARATION on FACTION ACCUSATION against AYBAR] Türkiye Isçi Partisi Genel Merkezi Sayi: 71/127. Ankara, 12 Subat 1971. Declaration of Anti-Aybar group. A rare faction accusation for Mehmet Ali Aybar and his group. Scarce.‎

‎AYATA BEGENSEL, (1927-2017).‎

‎Autograph typescript letter from Ayata Begensel to Alev Ates.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typewritten letter from Ayata Begensel to Alev Ates. Oblong demy 8vo. (14,5x21 cm). In Turkish. 1 p. Folded. Includes the authorization and approval of membership of Kirklareli branch written by Ayata Begensel, (1927-2017) as regional manager of Thrace (Kirklareli city). Alev Ates, (1945-2008) was the TIP President.‎

‎TIP: TÜRKIYE ISÇI PARTISI.‎

‎[SENSATIONAL ANTI-BOMBING DECLARATION of TIP: SOCIALISTS WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING!] Türkiye Isçi Partisi Genel Merkezi Sayi: 71/173. Ankara, 6 Mart 1971.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typewritten declaration. Folio. (33 x 25 cm). In Turkish. Folded. 2 p. Declaration including thoughts anti-violence and anti-bombing activities in Anatolian cities. Spreading thoughts of this declaration were criticized by Deniz Gezmis, Mahir Çayan and Mihri Belli as it has 'praise of anti-violence'. Those declarations were caused a sensation among the socialists and leftist groups in 70s' Turkey. In its original envelope with stamps. Extremely rare.‎

‎SAIT ÇILTAS, (TIP Secretary general in Kurdish origin).‎

‎[COGWHEEL and SPICA: DECLARATION on PARTY EMBLEM] Türkiye Isçi Partisi Genel Merkezi Sayi: 71/143. Ankara, 19 Subat 1971.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typewritten declaration with example of emblem of party. Folio. (33 x 25 cm). In Turkish. Folded. 1 p. Including declaration on 'From now on our party's emblem is a cogwheel and a spica!'. In its original envelope.‎

‎FALIH RIFKI [ATAY], (1893-1971).‎

‎Moskova-Roma.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Turkish. 109 p. Moskova-Roma. Falih Rifki Atay is one of the important names in the reconstruction of the state and nation in the process of transformation from empire to nation state. Atay, who was one of the closest names to the President Mustafa Kemal, participated both in the process of theorizing and systematizing Kemalism and in the process of explaining Kemalism to the public and the construction of the nation in accordance with these principles. He used the journal as an effective means of conveying Kemalism to the public and the adoption of Kemalism. His trips in 1930s are extremely important. Those trips had an important place in both discovering the best model for the young republic in the construction of nation state and being the source of information for the public about different regimes and countries. It includes his trips to Moscow and Rome. (Source: Falih Rifki Atay as a journalist and intellectual, (1893-1971); by Funda Selçuk Sirin). First Edition.‎

‎HARUN KARADENIZ, (1942-1975), (Political activist, author, leftist).‎

‎[BRECHT'S METHOD for TURKEY] Kapitalsiz kapitalistler.‎

‎Fine Turkish Paperback. Partly uncut pages. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 46 p. Kapitalsiz kapitalistler. Karadeniz was a student leader of the late 1960s generation in Turkey and the chair of the Student Union of Istanbul Technical University. Together with other prominent student leaders such as Deniz Gezmis, he was one of the student leaders who organized the famous 1968 protest against the American Navy's Sixth Fleet arriving at the Port of Istanbul, although he was initially against protesting at the docks themselves. Karadeniz suffered cancer when he was in detention after the 1971 military coup in Turkey. He was not allowed medical treatment during his imprisonment, which eventually led to the spread of the cancer. Despite medical treatment in London, he died at age 33. In this book, he has tried to adapt Brecht's socialist method to the society in Turkey. Title means 'Capitalists without capital'. OCLC has late editions, not this edition. Extremely rare.‎

‎DEVRIMCI YOL / DEV-GENÇ.‎

‎[PROOF of 'MANIFEST' of 'TURKISH REVOLUTIONARY-PATH'] Devrimci Yol. Bildirge: Ülkemizde ve dünyada içinde bulundugumuz kosullar ve temel siyasî görevimiz.; Devrimci hareketin birligi ve partilesme süreci. Ülkemiz solunun dünü bugünü.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback not original. Booklet was illegal in its period, covered by 'Din dersleri' [i.e. 'Religious lessons']. Some markings and underlined sentences with a pen. Advance copy, proof reading copy. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 58 p. [FIRST DECLARATION of 'TURKISH REVOLUTIONARY-PATH'] Devrimci Yol. Bildirge: Ülkemizde ve dünyada içinde bulundugumuz kosullar ve temel siyasî görevimiz.; Devrimci hareketin birligi ve partilesme süreci. Ülkemiz solunun dünü bugünü. Devrimci Yol (shortly DEV-YOL) was a Turkish political movement (as opposed to a tightly structured organization) with many supporters in trade unions and other professional institutions. Its ideology was based on Marxism-Leninism but rejected both the Soviet and the Chinese models in favor of a more native Turkish model, although it was influenced by the latter. Devrimci Yol entered the political scene in Turkey on 1 May 1977 with its manifesto called bildirge. Its roots can be seen in a movement that called itself Devrimci Gençlik ("Revolutionary Youth", short DEV-GENÇ), and it followed the thesis of Mahir Çayan. Extremely rare. Only two copies in OCLC: 81165643 (International Institute of Social History (IISG)) / 635015300 (Universita?tsbibliothek Bamberg).‎

‎BEHICE BORAN, (Presidente ddu Parti Ouvrier de Turquie), (1910-1987).‎

‎Turquie et le Monde d'Aujourd'hui.‎

‎Fine French Paperback. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 12 cm). In French. 44 p. Turquie et le Monde d'Aujourd'hui. "La principale force democratique en Turquie comme ailleurs. C'estla classe ouvrere qui fait entendre sa voix par son propre parti politique. Apres le Coup d'Etat Militaire du 12 Mars 1971, une dure repression s'abattit sur la classe ouvriere et son parti politique legal fut inderdit, mais le masse ouvriere sortit de cette periode de repression plus ferme et plus decidee. Sur cette base solide se fonde et se developpe le parti politique de la classe ouvriere.". Behice Boran was a Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist. As a dissenting political voice from the left, Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish military coup of 1980. Boran was born in Bursa to Volga Tatar parents whose families had settled in the Ottoman Empire during the 1890s. She graduated from American College for Girls in Istanbul, Turkey, and studied sociology at the University of Michigan in the United States. She received her PhD on sociology in 1939 from Michigan, and was involved in Marxism. She was nominated to Ankara University, Faculty of Language and History-Geography (AÜ, DTCF) as an associate professor. She also joined the clandestine Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and began publishing left-wing periodicals, Yurt ve Dünya (English: Motherland and World) and Adimlar (English: Steps), which led to her sacking from the university. In 1950, she led the formation of the Turkish Peacelovers Association, which protested against Turkey's participation the Korean War, which led to her arrest and a sentence of 15 months in prison. Between 1965-69, Boran served as a deputy from the Workers Party of Turkey (TIP) in the Turkish parliament. In 1970, she assumed the leadership of the party. She was arrested after the military coup of 1971 and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. After she was released following an amnesty, she re-established the TIP in 1975. After the military coup of 1980, Boran went into exile in Europe, living as a political refugee in Sofia, Brussels and Düsseldorf. In 1987, she announced that TIP and TKP had decided to merge. She died soon after this press conference from heart disease in Brussels, Belgium. She was 77 years old. Her body was brought to Istanbul and her funeral turned into a mass demonstration, the first public show of force of Turkey's left-wing movement after the coup. (Wikipedia).‎

‎Edited by ISMAIL AYDOGAN, FARUK YAYLACI.‎

‎European Turks: Education and integration. 2 volumes set.‎

‎Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 2 volumes set: ([viii], [vii], 918 p). European Turks: Education and integration. 2 volumes set. This proceeding book includes the congress proceedings presented at the 2nd International Congress of European Turks in the context of Education and Integration between the dates 14-16 May 2009, Antwerp, Belgium.‎

‎Curated by ARTAN SHABANI.‎

‎Constructing a dream: Socialist realism in Albanian art.= Bir rüyanin insasi: Arnavut sanatinda toplumcu gerçekçilik. [Exhibition catalogue].‎

‎New English Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). Bilingual in English and Turkish. 167 p., color ills. The exhibition focuses on Albanian social realism through painting, poster and drawings, and it offers a selection of artworks produced under the dictatorship that aimed to spread socialism's main principles among the proletarian. The exhibition investigates the impact of the communist ideology on Albanian visual arts during the second half of the 20th century. The selected artworks reflect the ideology that played an important role in the works' dogmatic content. The exhibition offers an opportunity to become familiar with the culture and identity of Albanian people who had been isolated from the rest of the world for a long time, and centers around the daily life, working class, portraits of leadership, representations of the regime and a hopeful approach to upcoming generations. The exhibition catalogue features an essay titled Socialist Realism in Albanian Style by the art historian Ermir Hoxha, presenting an art historical analysis of the period, as well as a comprehensive text about the exhibition by the curator Artan Shabani, titled Constructing a Dream: Socialist Realism in Albanian Art. Texts are accompanied by a chronology entitled 20th Century Albanian Art and Politics, providing historical information. Contents: Foreword by Suna, Inan ve Ipek Kiraç.; Socialist Realism in Albanian Style, Ermir Hoxha.; Constructing a Dream: Socialist Realism in Albanian Art, Artan Shabani.; 20th Century Albanian Art and Politics.; Catalog.‎

‎MAY 1, 1976.‎

‎[STICKER of TURKISH MAY 1, 1976] Türkiye Isçi Partisi - 1 Mayis 1976.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original color illustrative label and sticker of May 1, 1976. Illustration shows a worker holding Turkish Labors' Party flag in hand. 17x12 cm. In Turkish. [LABEL of TURKISH MAY 1, 1976] Türkiye Isçi Partisi - 1 Mayis 1976.‎

‎A. SCROCCHI (Proprieta artistica).‎

‎[PROPAGANDA / TRIPOLI COMMANDERS OF ITALY / POSTCARD] Questi valorisi ufficiali che fulgida aureola di gloria circonda, caddero da prodi in Tripolitania per l'alta causa della civilta e per l'avvenire d'Italia: Ten. Gius. Bertasso, Ten. Solaroli Paolo, Cap. Luigi Chignoli, Cap. Angelo Frank, Cap. Palamenghi Crispi, Cap. Raffaele Pergolesi, Cap. Paitini, S. Ten. di Vasc. C. Corradini, Adolfo Corti, Ten. Ugo Granafei.‎

‎Very Good Italian Original color postcard shows 10 Italian commandants with Italian Imperial Sign and Italian flag on the ground-color of Tripoli and Mediterranean map. 9x14 cm. In Italian. [PPOSTCARD / TRIPOLI COMMANDERS OF ITALY / PROPAGANDA] Questi valorisi ufficiali che fulgida aureola di gloria circonda, caddero da prodi in Tripolitania per l'alta causa della civilta e per l'avvenire d'Italia: Ten. Gius. Bertasso, Ten. Solaroli Paolo, Cap. Luigi Chignoli, Cap. Angelo Frank, Cap. Palamenghi Crispi, Cap. Raffaele Pergolesi, Cap. Paitini, S. Ten. di Vasc. C. Corradini, Adolfo Corti, Ten. Ugo Granafei. An extremely rare propaganda postcard on Italian war in Tripoli, 1911 against the Ottoman Turks. Not posted, unused.‎

‎BEHICE BORAN, (President of the Workers' Party of Turkey), (1910-1987).‎

‎Turkey and the world of today.‎

‎Fine English Paperback. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 12 cm). In English. 44 p. The main democratic force in Turkey as elsewhere is the working class which makes itself heard through its own political party. After the military coup d'etat of March 12th, 1971, a time of tough repression fell upon the working class and its legal political party was banned, but the working class emerged period of repression. The political party of the working class is being built and developed on this solid foundation.". Behice Boran was a Turkish Marxist politician, author, and sociologist. As a dissenting political voice from the left, Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish military coup of 1980. Boran was born in Bursa to Volga Tatar parents whose families had settled in the Ottoman Empire during the 1890s. She graduated from American College for Girls in Istanbul, Turkey, and studied sociology at the University of Michigan in the United States. She received her Ph.D. in sociology in 1939 from Michigan and was involved in Marxism. She was nominated to Ankara University, Faculty of Language and History-Geography (AÜ, DTCF) as an associate professor. She also joined the clandestine Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and began publishing left-wing periodicals, Yurt ve Dünya (English: Motherland and World) and Adimlar (English: Steps), which led to her sacking from the university. In 1950, she led the formation of the Turkish Peacelovers Association, which protested against Turkey's participation in the Korean War, which led to her arrest and a sentence of 15 months in prison. Between 1965-69, Boran served as a deputy from the Workers Party of Turkey (TIP) in the Turkish parliament. In 1970, she assumed the leadership of the party. She was arrested after the military coup of 1971 and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. After she was released following an amnesty, she re-established the TIP in 1975. After the military coup of 1980, Boran went into exile in Europe, living as a political refugee in Sofia, Brussels, and Düsseldorf. In 1987, she announced that TIP and TKP had decided to merge. She died soon after this press conference from heart disease in Brussels, Belgium. She was 77 years old. Her body was brought to Istanbul and her funeral turned into a mass demonstration, the first public show of force of Turkey's left-wing movement after the coup. (Wikipedia).‎

‎AVRAM BENAROYA [AVRAAM ELIEZER], (1887-1979).‎

‎[RARE OTTOMAN STENOGRAPHY BOOK BY THE FIRST TURKISH-JEWISH SOCIALIST AND A KEY FIGURE OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF GREECE] Türkçe lisanina mahsûs stenografya usûlü. [i.e. Stenography in Turkish language].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script. 4, 77 p., 1 plate. Stain some pages, slight tear on the fifth page, text unaffected. Otherwise a good copy. Benaroya was a Jewish socialist, member of the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists), later leader of the Socialist Workers' Federation in the Ottoman Empire. Benaroya played a key role in the foundation of the Communist Party of Greece in 1918. Idealistic and pragmatic at the same time, in Thessaloniki Benaroya played a leading role in the creation, in 1909, of the mainly Jewish Socialist Workers' Federation, or in Ladino, Federacion. The organization took this name because built on the federative model of the Social Democratic Party of Austria, it was conceived as a federation of separate sections, each representing the four main ethnic groups of the city: Jews, Bulgarians, Greeks, and Turks. It published its literature in the languages of these four groups (i.e., Ladino, Bulgarian, Greek, and Turkish, respectively) but in practice, the two latter sections were under-represented if not nonexistent. The democratic Federacion soon became, under Benaroya's leadership, the strongest socialist party in the Ottoman Empire. It created combative trade unions, attracted important intellectuals, and gained a solid base of support among Macedonian workers while cultivating strong links with the Second International. From 1910 to 1911 Benaroya edited its influential newspaper, the Solidaridad Ovradera, printed in Ladino. Unlike other parties that were organized on ethnic lines, as a cross-community group, the Federacion was allowed by the Ottoman authorities. A prominent Bulgarian member, Dimitar Vlahov, was a socialist MP in the new Ottoman parliament until 1912. Indeed, its leaders initially supported the Young Turks, and Benaroya participated in the "Army of Freedom" march on Istanbul to help put down the Countercoup of 1909. Alarmed by the growing power of socialist groups, the CUP subsequently launched a crackdown, under which Benaroya was jailed three times, in early November 1910, June 1911 (when he was deported to Serbia), and February 1912 (when he was deported to Greece). Benaroya was interested in the Jewish Question since the beginning of his career and made efforts to promote Jewish causes throughout it. His first book was The Jewish Question and Social Democracy (1908) while once in Thessaloniki he founded a group called the Sephardic Circle of Socialist Studies. He also played a leading role in the creation, in 1909, of the mainly Jewish Federation. Apprehensive of what the resurgent Greek self-confidence behind the Megali Idea might mean for Jews in Greece and Asia Minor, at the time he labeled the campaign imperialist. He envisaged a state free from any ethnic divisions where Jews could exist un-persecuted and free, retaining their religion. Some of his fears might have been argued to have been realized when after the city's fire, the Venizelos administration did not rebuild the original Jewish section, adopting instead a French town plan, but a considerable proportion of the Jewish population remained throughout the following decades, with the Greek government guaranteeing their rights in March 1926. Benaroya was always very interested in combating anti-Semitism, while over later years he shifted his emphasis to reflect the sizable Thessaloniki Jewish community that chose to remain within the Greek state. After a historic meeting with Venizelos, Benaroya's tactical abilities resulted in the birth of the Socialist Labour Party of Greece (later named Communist) and the General Confederation of Greek Workers, which helped unite Greek workers. This extremely rare book on stenographic style in the Turkish / Ottoman language. Özege 21579.; TBTK 5898.; Only two institutional copies in OCLC. 777181494 (KOÇ University Library; Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden). First and Only Edition.‎

‎[DISK: TÜRKIYE DEVRIMCI ISÇI SENDIKALARI KONFEDERASYONU [I. E. TURKEY REVOLUTINARY WORKERS' CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS].‎

‎[FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE 1ST PRIZE WINNER TURKISH MAY 1 GRAPHIC ART] 1 Mayis: Dünya isçilerinin birlik, mücadele, dayanisma günü. Cover art by Orhan Taylan, (1941-).‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 63, [1] p., 3 unnumbered b/w plates. This is one of the early books on May 1 in Turkey printed by the Turkish Revolutionary Workers' Confederation of Trade Unions. Cover art illustrated by Turkish painter Orhan Taylan, (1941-). In the Ottoman Empire, the first celebration of Labour Day was organized in Skopje in 1909. In Istanbul, Labour Day was first celebrated in 1912. No celebrations could be organized between 1928 and 1975. On 1 May 1976 the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey (DISK) organized a rally on Taksim Square with mass participation one year ago "Bloody First May" which was an attack on leftist demonstrators on 1 May 1977 (International Workers' Day) in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey. This booklet was printed for the commemoration of this celebration. Orhan Taylan was born in Samsun, to an artist mother in 1941. Graduated from Robert College (1960) and the Fine Arts Academy of Rome (1965). First solo painting exhibition in 1968. Took leading positions in artists' organizations (1975-1978). Organized mural painting symposiums and executed several murals (1976-80). His paintings were exhibited in London, Amsterdam, and Moscow within Turkish Highlights exhibitions between 1988 and 1990. Aside from regular exhibitions in Istanbul and Ankara, his works were also shown in solo gallery exhibitions in Paris, New York, Geneva, and Athens. Orhan Taylan exhibits mainly figurative oil paintings, and occasionally metal sculptures and drawings. Lives and works in Istanbul. During the 1971 Military coup, taken in custody on summer midnight together with his wife and cartoonist Tan Oral. All his archives and hundreds of books destroyed. 1977 Group exhibitions in Paris and Berlin. The May 1 poster wins 1st prize in the International Poster Competition of the World Federation of Trade Unions, Prag. (Source: Turkish Painting - Visual Art Encyclopedia). This is the first appearance of this art before it's winning the prize in 1977. Rare.‎

‎Prep. by DIMITR DIMITROV.‎

‎Halk oyunlari. [= Turski narodni Tanchi (Svornik)].‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original pictorial bdg. Cloth to spine. Illustrated boards depicting a female folk dancer. Oblong demy 8vo. (13,5 x 21,5 cm). In Turkish and Bulgarian. 274, [2] p., b/w ills, musical scores. Halk oyunlari. [= Turski narodni Tanchi (Svornik)]. 1000 copies were printed. A fine compilation on Bulgarian-Turkish folk dances printed in Sofia.‎

‎AMÎN IZZ AL-DIN, (1921-2001).‎

‎[EGYPTIAN SOCIALISM] Târîkh al-tabaqah al-âmilah al-Misrîyah: Mundhu nash'atiha hatta thawrat 1919. [i.e. A history of the Egyptian working class: From its inception until the 1919 Revolution].‎

‎Very Good Arabic First book of three of the first edition of this early set on Egyptian working class and Arabian labour, printed in Cairo by one of the pioneer intellectual Amin Izz al-Din, (1921-2001). This rare book includes the formative period of the Egyptian working class especially between the years 1882-1919, from the British occupation of Egypt in 1882 which was crystallized many of the economic trends which had been maturing since the era of Muhammad Ali Pasha of Kavala (1769-1849), to Tawra [i.e. The Egyptian Revolution of 1919] which was a countrywide revolution against the British occupation of Egypt and Sudan. It was carried out by Egyptians from different walks of life in the wake of the British-ordered exile of the revolutionary Egyptian Nationalist leader Saad Zaghlul, and other members of the Wafd Party in 1919. Before the Revolution, by 1914 foreign capital represented 70 per cent of the total capital invested in Egypt. According to Izz al-Din, from 1899 to 1903 at least eight workers' associations were formed, mainly under Greek, Italian and Armenian leadership. But the steady expansion of capitalist relations of production in Egypt and the continuing British occupation provided the conditions which soon led to the appearance of native Egyptian working-class organization and leadership. The crash of 1907 produced a sharp rise in the cost of living and provided the economic incentive for another round of working-class struggle. At the same time, the Egyptian national movement was about to assert itself as a significant new political force. The conjuncture of these factors was the basis for sustained struggle and organization of native Egyptian workers. [.] The strike wave led to the formation of new and more soundly organized unions. There were 43 trade unions functioning in 1919-1920: 19 in Cairo, 18 in Alexandria, and 6 in Port Said, Damietta, Damanhour and Mahalla al-Kubra. [.] In the mid-1920s many enterprises fired workers and attempted, with some success, to disregard or revise agreements reached with trade unions in the first years after the 1919 uprising. There were series of strikes in 1927 in response to these actions - the Alexandria Water Company, Alexandria Tram Company, railway porters, silk weavers, Cairo cigarette workers and Suez Canal workers at Port Said. But by 1927 the number of trade unions had dropped to 62 with a total membership of somewhat more than 21,000. (Source: Formation of the Egyptian Working Class / MERIP). Amin Izz al-Din was a thinker and historian of the Egyptian trade union movement and a prominent historian of the Egyptian labour movement. He was one of the most prominent popular and labour leaders, and he has spent his life serving this movement. Izz al-Din held various leadership positions in the interest of workers and social security, as well as political organizations, as he previously worked in the Office of Arab Affairs at the Presidency of the Republic, and contributed to drafting labour legislation in 1970 and laying the foundations on which the Federation of Egyptian Workers was based. Bachelor of Arts from Cairo University, and a Masters degree from Oxford University British Labour Studies: A number of books have been written, foremost of which is "The History of the Egyptian Working Class", in 3 parts. Half leather bound in Egyptian style raised six bands to spine, Arabic lettered gilt in second and fourth. 'Abdelzehar Bnding' stamp on back endpaper. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Arabic. 213, [1] p. OCLC 23517320.‎