Ulaş Bardakçı

Ulaş Bardakçı (1947 – 19 February 1972) was a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary and a founding member of communist organisation People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey.

He was born Rasih Ulaş Bardakçı in a village of Hacıbektaş, Nevşehir, in 1947.

[1][2] In May 1971 Ulaş Bardakçı, together with Mahir Çayan and Hüseyin Cevahir, kidnapped Ephraim Elrom, the Israeli consul general in Istanbul, Turkey.

Following the 'Operation Hammer' of security forces to rescue Elrom, Bardakçı was captured and imprisoned.

Ulaş Bardakçı, along with five other revolutionaries imprisoned with him, escaped from military prison in November 1971 using the tunnel they dug out.