Court in order to impede the confirmation by the parliament should be cancelled, and the Constitutional Court overturned the decision made by the parliament. But the Parliament again constituted and reaffirmed the death sentence. In attempt to stop the execution of Gezmiş and two other prisoners, 11 militants of the People's Liberation Party – Front and the Turkey People's Liberation Army, amongst them Ertuğrul Kürkçü and Mahir Çayan kidnapped three technicians. They brought the technicians to Kizildere where they were surrounded by armed forces on 30 March 1972. All in the group including the hostages, except for Ertuğrul Kürkçü, were killed in the ensuing firefight. Other actions to overturn the verdict were manifestations in front of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and a signature campaign initiated by Yasar Kamal and other Turkish intellectuals. On 3 May, President Cevdet Sunay signed the decision to execute Gezmiş. He was executed by hanging on 6 May 1972 in Ankara Central Prison along with Hüseyin İnan and Yusuf Aslan. His last request was to drink tea and listen to Concierto de Aranjuez, Joaquín Rodrigo's guitar concerto. Aftermath Those who were executed on 6 May 1972 requested to be buried alongside Taylan Özgür in Ankara, but their last wish was not granted. In 1980, former prime minister Nihat Erim was assassinated by Devrimci Sol. In 1987, Süleyman Demirel, who had initially actively supported the executions, told a journalist who was interviewing him that the executions were "a mishap which occurred during the Cold War". While the executions of Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan, and Hüseyin İnan under the 1970 military junta dealt a blow to the morale of the Left in Turkey, in the long run, they established the three youths as symbols under which the Turkish Left would gather. The conflict between the Right and Left continued to escalate within the 1970s with the Cold War in the backdrop, and would ultimately lead to the 1980 military coup. References External links The person who took the photograph of "Deniz with Parka", wrote a book – Hürriyet (Kelebek), Ali Dağlar, 25 May 2013 (Turkish) Who Wrote Lament of Deniz Gezmiş? – Metehan Akbulut, 26 February 2022 (Turkish) What Happened That Night? – Metehan Akbulut, 4 March 2022 (Turkish) Photographs of Deniz Gezmiş that emerged 50 years later – Haberler.com, 11 February 2021 (Turkish) Lament of Deniz Gezmiş – Aşık Kiraz reading the lyrics, 27 October