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Communist Party of Turkey

The Communist Party of Turkey was a political party in Turkey. The party was founded by Mustafa Suphi in 1920, and was soon to be banned. It worked as a clandestine opposition party throughout the Cold War era, and was persecuted by the various military regimes. Many intellectuals, like Nazım...

, Communist party (disambiguation) and List of Labour Parties for other similarly named groups.

Communist Labour Party of Turkey (in Turkish

Turkish language

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: Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi) is an illegal communist party

Communist party

A political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government...

 in Turkey

Turkey

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. TKEP was founded on May 1, 1980 by the People's Liberation Army of Turkey-Unity in Struggle (THKO-MB). THKO-MB was the pro-Soviet faction that developed out of the crumbles of the original THKO.

The general secretary of TKEP was Teslim Töre. Töre was jailed in 1993.

TKEP set-up a 'Kurdish Autonomous Organization'. In 1982 it developed into the Communist Party of Kurdistan

Communist Party of Kurdistan

Communist Party of Kurdistan is a political party in Turkey. The KKP was founded in 1982, as the Kurdish section of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey . Prior to 1982, TKEP had a 'Kurdistan Autonomous Organization' from 1980 onwards. In 1990 KKP became an independent party...

 (KKP). In 1990 KKP was separated from TKEP.

In 1990 TKEP suffered a major split as the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist

Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist

Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist is an illegal communist party in Turkey. TKEP/L was founded on September 1, 1990, following a split in the Communist Labour Party of Turkey ....

 (TKEP/L) was founded. TKEP/L wanted to continue armed struggle.

TKEP started entering legal politics. It organized an open movement, Emek, that in 1994 joined the United Socialist Party (BSP), which would later become the Freedom and Solidarity Party

Freedom and Solidarity Party

Freedom and Solidarity Party is a left-wing party in Turkey. The party has had limited electoral success, although it controls a number of town halls and is influential in some unions of public employees...

 (ÖDP) in 1996. In effect, through Emek, TKEP acted as a fraction within ÖDP. When ÖDP split in 2002, TKEP joined the new Socialist Labour Movement (SEH).

See also

• List of illegal political parties in Turkey
• Communist Party of Turkey
  Communist Party of Turkey
  The Communist Party of Turkey was a political party in Turkey. The party was founded by Mustafa Suphi in 1920, and was soon to be banned. It worked as a clandestine opposition party throughout the Cold War era, and was persecuted by the various military regimes. Many intellectuals, like Nazım...
  
  for a list of communist parties in Turkey