Communist Labour Party of Turkey (in
Turkish: ''Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi'') is an illegal
communist party
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in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. 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
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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
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(KKP). In 1990 KKP was separated from TKEP.
In 1990 TKEP suffered a major split as the
Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist (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 (BSP), which would later become the
Freedom and Solidarity Party
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(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
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List of illegal political parties in Turkey
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Communist Party of Turkey (disambiguation)
Communist Party of Turkey or Turkish Communist Party may refer to:
* Communist Party (Turkey, 2014), 2014–2017
* Communist Party of Turkey (modern), founded as the Socialist Power Party in 1993
* Communist Party of Turkey (historical), 1920– ...
, for other groups using similar names
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Communist party (disambiguation)
A communist party is a party that advocates the application of the social principles of communism.
Communist Party may also refer to:
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* Communist Party of Benin
* Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Benin
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List of Labour Parties
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References
1980 establishments in Turkey
Communist parties in Turkey
Political parties established in 1980
Banned political parties in Turkey
Banned communist parties
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