Communist_Workers_Party_of_Turkey

Communist Workers Party of Turkey

Communist Workers Party of Turkey

Political party in Turkey

Communist Workers Party of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Komünist İşçi Partisi) is an illegal communist party in Turkey.[1] TKİP was founded in November 1998 by EKİM (October), a group that had split away from the Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey (TDKP) in 1988. Initially EKİM had been known as Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey-Leninist Wing (Türkiye Devrimci Komünist Partisi-Leninist Kanat).

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In February 1999, TKİP suffered a split, and the Revolutionary People's Movement (DHH) was formed.

TKİP prisoners in Turkish prisons took part in the death fasts in 2000.[2]

TKİP publishes Ekim (October), Kızıl Bayrak (Red Flag), Ekim Gençliği (October Youth) and Kamu Emekçileri Bülteni (workers' bulletin).

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References

  1. [1]
    MacDonald, Alex (September 7, 2016). "Local mayor promises 'communist honey' for Turkey". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. [2]
    Bargu, Banu (September 9, 2014). Starve and Immolate: The Politics of Human Weapons. Columbia University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0231163408. Retrieved 14 March 2018.


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