Communist Workers Party of Turkey

Communist Workers Party of Turkey
Türkiye Komünist İşçi Partisi
FoundedNovember 1998
HeadquartersNone (Illegal Organisation)
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-Left
Website
www.tkip.org

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).

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).

  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. ^ 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.