About the book: 1952 / From the preface by Nazim Hikmet: On November 28, 1951, the Turkish Majlis adopted a new law according to which communists and supporters will be hanged peace, patriots, fighters against American imperialism, workers who do not want to unload American weapons, peasants who oppose the “Marshall Plan”, which drives them off the land. But the soapy noose swinging over the heads of the Turkish people will not force them to abandon the national liberation struggle. Immediately after the publication of this law, the Communist Party of Turkey called on the people to unite in a united front against American imperialism. There is no party whose history is as closely connected with the history of the people's struggle as the history of the Communist Party. That is why Ustüngel’s book, which tells about the main stages of the history of the Communist Party of Turkey, thereby tells about the struggle of the entire Turkish people over the past 30 years. In addition to its objective, scientific value, Ustüngel’s work is of great importance for our fiction. In this book, the people of Turkey, its communists, workers, poor peasants breathe and fight, think and hate, suffer and love, just like in life. Not a single person in this book is fictitious, they all really lived or continue to live.