Communist Workers Party of 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).

Communist Workers Party of Turkey

Türkiye Komünist İşçi Partisi
FoundedNovember 1998
HeadquartersNone (Illegal Organisation)
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
International affiliationNone
Website
http://www.tkip.org/

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).

See also

References

  1. MacDonald, Alex (September 7, 2016). "Local mayor promises 'communist honey' for Turkey". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  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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