Daud Turki

[1] Daud Turki was born in 1927 to a Palestinian Christian family from the Galilee village of al-Maghar, located between Nazareth and Lake Tiberias.

His father Simaan Daud was killed by British troops in Haifa during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.

His family joined Maki's pro-Palestinian offshoot Rakah, which merged with other leftwing parties to form Hadash.

[1] He was released on May 20, 1985, as part of the "Galilee" prisoner exchange deal between Israel and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command.

[4] After his release, he published a collection of poems he had written in prison called "the Wind of Struggle" (ريح الجهاد).