Aytekin Kotil

[4] The group was led by Ali Topuz and included Necdet Uğur, Orhan Eyüpoğlu, Tarhan Erdem and other leading figures in the party.

[4] It was the earliest supporter of Bülent Ecevit against İsmet İnönü in the election of the CHP chairmanship in 1972.

[4] Kotil and Ali Topuz were ardent followers of Bülent Ecevit's left of center movement.

[1] In the party Kotil and Ali Topuz supported the leadership of Deniz Baykal against Erdal İnönü.

[1][9] In 2014 his biography was published in Turkish with the title Karadenizli Bir Politikacı: Aytekin Kotil (1934–1992).