Communist Party of Turkey (modern)

Communist Party of Turkey
Türkiye Komünist Partisi
AbbreviationTKP[1]
LeaderCentral committee
General SecretaryKemal Okuyan
Founded16 August 1993 (1993-08-16) (founded)
11 November 2001 (2001-11-11) (renamed)
22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) (reinitiated)
HeadquartersAnkara
NewspapersoL
Student wingLeftist High Schoolers
Youth wingCommunist Youth of Turkey
(Türkiye Komünist Gençliği)
Membership (2024)Increase 7,846[2]
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Socialist patriotism[citation needed]
Anti-imperialism[3]
Laicism[3]
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationUnion of Socialist Forces (2022–2023)
European affiliationINITIATIVE (until 2023)
ECA (2023–)[4]
International affiliationIMCWP
ColoursRed, yellow, white
SloganBoyun Eğme!
("Do not submit!")
Grand National Assembly
0 / 600
Metropolitan municipalities
0 / 30
District municipalities
0 / 1,351
Provincial councillors
0 / 1,282
Municipal Assemblies
9 / 20,952
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 the historical legacy of the TKP.

  1. ^ "Parti tüzüğü" (PDF) (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Türkiye Komünist Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "TKP Genel Sekreteri Okuyan: Bizim düşündüğümüz program ve ilkeler etrafında bir şey oradan çıkmaz". Independent Türkçe. 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ "European Communist Action's Founding Declaration". 27 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

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