Until martial law was imposed in Istanbul and Ankara on April 26, 1971, left-wing extremists had been responsible for two kidnappings of American servicemen as well as two abductions of wealthy Turks.
He was assistant commander of a special interrogation unit set up immediately after Adolf Eichmann's capture by Israeli agents in Argentina in 1960.
[4] On Monday, May 17, 1971, Elrom, the then-Israeli consul-general was abducted by militants of the People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey.
The Marxist-Leninist militant group kidnapped the diplomat when he returned to his apartment for lunch, striking him after he fought back, before carrying him wrapped in a sheet to a waiting car.
[6][7] The Turkish government and military cracked down on the entire radical left in Turkey, with the country seeing mass arrests.