Workers' Party (Turkey)

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Workers' Party İşçi Partisi
Leader	Doğu Perinçek
Founded	10 July 1992 (1992-07-10)
Dissolved	15 February 2015 (2015-02-15)
Preceded by	Socialist Party
Succeeded by	Patriotic Party
Headquarters	Toros Sokak No: 9 Sıhhiye, Ankara
Ideology	Scientific socialism Left-wing nationalism[1] Left-wing populism[2][3] Ulusalcılık Maoism
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
International affiliation	CILRECO (International Liaison Committee for Reunification and Peace in Korea), Los Partidos Y Una Nueva Sociedad.
Colours	Red,   White
Slogan	Bağımsızlık, devrim, sosyalizm! ("Independence, revolution, socialism!")
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The Workers' Party (İP) (Turkish: İşçi Partisi) was a Turkish political party founded in 1992 and led by Doğu Perinçek. It had its roots in the Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (TİİKP), the Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (TİKP), and the Socialist Party (SP), which was banned by the Constitutional Court in 1992.^[4] They were known as "Aydınlıkçılar" (Clarifiers) due to their daily newspaper Aydınlık ("Clarify" or "Enlightenment") which had a circulation of 63,000 in 2012.^[5]

During a general assembly on 15 February 2015, the Workers' Party rebranded and changed its name to Patriotic Party. Perinçek remained as leader.^[4]