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Communist Party of Turkey (2001)

Communist Party of Turkey
Türkiye Komünist Partisi
Abbreviation TKP
Leader Collective leadership of Central Committee
Secretary-General Kemal Okuyan
Founded 6 October 1992 (1992-10-06) (founded)
11 November 2001 (2001-11-11) (renamed)
22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) (reinitiated)
Headquarters Ankara
Newspaper soL
Ideology Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Democratic centralism
Political position Far-left
European affiliation INITIATIVE
International affiliation IMCWP
ICS
Colours Red, yellow, white
Slogan Boyun Eğme!
(Do not submit!)
Parliament:
0 / 550
Municipalities:
6 / 2,919
Website
www.TKP.org.tr

The Communist Party of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP) is a communist party in Turkey.

It was founded as the Socialist Power Party (Turkish: Sosyalist İktidar Partisi, SİP) on 16 August 1993. In 2001, the party changed its name to the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and took over historical legacy of the TKP.

The TKP that has been founded in 2001 has its roots in 1978. In that year a faction called Sosyalist İktidar (Socialist Power) has voiced concerns about the main political line of the Workers Party of Turkey (Türkiye İşçi Partisi or TİP). The group claimed that the party's activities were not consistent with the programme of a revolutionary party, defending socialist revolution. The group headed by Yalçın Küçük and Metin Çulhaoğlu argued that due to oppressive terror atmosphere in the country the party gave in to unification policy within the left wing thus losing the perspective of taking power. The group has printed the Sosyalist İktidar magazine during 1978-80 but it was not effective. After the coup of 12 September 1980 the activities of the group almost stopped like nearly all other party or groups.

After the coup, the group aimed to consolidate its cadres and its theoretical base. However, in 1982 a division has occurred within the group between Yalçın Küçük supporters and Metin Çulhaoğlu followers. Yalçın Küçük and his group published Toplumsal Kurtuluş while Metin Çulhaoğlu and his group published Gelenek magazine after his release from jail in 1986. TKP stems from Gelenek magazine organisation. Gelenek defined the left in three categories as; orthodox, revolutionary democratic and new. From this perspective it defended the orthodox left view and criticized the ongoing glasnost and perestroika processes in the Soviet Union.

In this period the Gelenek group announced that in the upcoming 1987 General Elections it will not support any intra-system political party. It had worked with other left wing groups to campaign for independent members for parliament. During this era Gelenek group entered into negotiations for building a left wing party where all groups may be brought together but this process had failed. After the collapse of these talks, Gelenek group had formed Socialist Turkey Party (Sosyalist Türkiye Partisi) STP on 6 November 1992 in Ankara. The Political Bureau of the party were made up of seven people: Ali Önder Öndeş (President), Kemal Okuyan (Vice-President), Metin Çulhaoğlu, Süleyman Baba, Uğur Özdemir, Işıtan Gündüz, Aydemir Güler. However, due to some parts in the party programme Socialist Turkey Party was closed on 30 November 1993 by the order of Constitutional Court.


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