Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey) (in Turkish: ''Bolşevik Parti (Kuzey Kürdistan-Türkiye)'', abbreviated BP(KK-T)) is a clandestine

communist Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, di ...

organization in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. It was founded as the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (Bolshevik) in 1981, following a split from the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist. Although having the denomination "Kurdistan" in its title the party is not a Kurdish nationalist organisation, instead it follows the

Leninist Leninism (, ) is a political ideology developed by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the Dictatorship of the proletariat#Vladimir Lenin, dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary Vangu ...

concept of the ''brotherhood of peoples''.

History

Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist was established in 1972 by İbrahim Kaypakkaya who was a former member of the Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey. Following the military memorandum of 1971 the Turkish government cracked down the communist movement in Turkey. Kaypakkaya and several of his colleagues were arrested. The party machinery was destroyed. Kaypakkaya died in prison in 1973 because of

torture Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including corporal punishment, punishment, forced confession, extracting a confession, interrogational torture, interrogation for information, or intimid ...

. Between 1973 and 1978 the disfragmented party re-organized. The first party congress took place in 1978 (''TKP/ML I. Kongresi'' in Turkish). In 1981 the second congress was organized (''TKP/ML II. Kongresi''). Between 1978 and 1981 the party circles were deeply involved in ideological discussion and carried out contacts with their German and Austrian counterparts. Two different lines, conceived as the

bolshevik The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, were a radical Faction (political), faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, ...

and the menshevik, appeared. According to the bolshevik side the mensheviks, despite being a minority, carried out secret meetings and gained the control of the party. As a result, the bolsheviks decided to split up and established the Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey).

Statute

The

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(also called organisational rules) of the party regulates membership, the organisation principle of

democratic centralism Democratic centralism is the organisational principle of most communist parties, in which decisions are made by a process of vigorous and open debate amongst party membership, and are subsequently binding upon all members of the party. The co ...

, party structure, party discipline and the financial resources of the party.

Activities

Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey)'s final target is carrying out a revolution in Turkey. However the party does not seem to ever have the capacity to reach that target. Its political activities are limited to organising demonstrations and carrying out

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. The party considers itself part of the international communist movement and participates in International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations. It gives a special importance to organising women. The organisation is critical of the so-called death fasts carried in protest to changing conditions in Turkish prisons because of tactical reasons. According to its website the party has three periodical publications: ''Bolşevik Partizan'' (Bolshevik Partizan), ''Sterka Bolşevik'' (in Kurdish) and ''Bolşevik Devrim'' (Bolshevik Revolution). The organisation has also published eight book/booklets and some special issues of ''Bolşevik Partizan'' dedicated to specific issues.

Terrorist Status

Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist, from where Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey) has split, is listed among the 12 active terrorist organisations in Turkey according to Counter-Terrorism and Operations Department of Directorate General for Security ( Turkish police). That party has an armed wing named Turkish Workers' and Peasants' Liberation Army (''Türk İşci ve Köylü Kurtuluş Ordusu'', abbreviated as ''TİKKO''). However the Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey) itself has no such wing and is not on the list.TÜRKİYE'DE HALEN FAALİYETLERİNE DEVAM EDEN BAŞLICA TERÖR ÖRGÜTLERİ:

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