Communist Workers Party of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Komünist İşçi Partisi) is an illegal
communist party
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in
Turkey
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. 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.
TKİP publishes ''Ekim'' (October), ''Kızıl Bayrak'' (
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), ''Ekim Gençliği'' (October Youth) and ''Kamu Emekçileri Bülteni'' (workers' bulletin).
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), 1920–19 ...
, for other groups using similar names
References
External links
TKİP websiteKizil Bayrak GazetesiKizil Bayrak günlük sitesi
Communist parties in Turkey
Political parties established in 1998
Clandestine groups
1998 establishments in Turkey
Banned political parties in Turkey
Banned communist parties
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