to the Kurdish issue under the umbrella of a unitarian state, instead of a federative solution, was possible on the basis of equality and voluntary union. The report of this meeting was later published in book form. In 1996 Belli participated in the founding of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP), and that of the Socialist Democracy Party (SDP) in 2002. He was a candidate for member of parliament for Istanbul in the 2002 elections. In 2005, the portraits Belli had made 50 years earlier, while in prison, were presented in an exhibition "Lines From Prison". Together with several other founding members he resigned from the SDP in 2007 and took part in the 2008 founding of the Workers' Socialist Party (İşçilerin Sosyalist Partisi), better known by the shortened name Socialist Party (Sosyalist Parti), along with others who left. Death Mihri Belli died in his home in Istanbul from respiratory distress on 16 August 2011. He was laid to rest in Feriköy Cemetery following a religious funeral service held at Şişli Mosque. References 1915 births 2011 deaths Politicians from Istanbul Communist Party of Turkey (historical) politicians Workers' Party of Turkey politicians Turkish socialists Turkish revolutionaries Turkish Marxists Robert College alumni University of Mississippi alumni Democratic Army of Greece personnel Prisoners and detainees of Turkey Deaths from respiratory failure Burials at Feriköy Cemetery Politicians arrested in Turkey 20th-century Turkish politicians 21st-century Turkish politicians