The Communal Liberation Party (, TKP) was a left-wing political party in

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History

The TKP was established in 1976 by

Alpay Durduran Alpay is a masculine Turkish given name, and a surname. It derives from "alp". In Turkish, "alp" means "stouthearted", "brave", "chivalrous", "daredevil", "valorous", and/or "gallant". Notable persons with that name include: People with the give ...

.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p109 It won six of the 40 seats in the 1976 elections to the National Council, and 13 seats in the 1981 elections. International he 1985 elections, the party was reduced to ten seats, as the National Council became the Assembly of the Republic and was increased in size to 50 seats. In the 1990 elections the TKP allied with the

Republican Turkish Party The Republican Turkish Party ( tr, Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi, CTP) is a social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Northern Cyprus, political party in Northern Cyprus. The party was founded in 1970 by Ahmet Mithat Berberoğ ...

and the

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to run as the Party for Democratic Struggle. After losing the elections to the ruling

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, TKP MPs boycotted the Assembly, claiming that

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had putting money into the election campaign to support the government.December's Parliamentary Elections In Northern Cyprus: Before And After (Aug 03)
ERPIC In the 1993 elections, the party won five seats, and it gained a further two seats in the 1998 elections. For the 2003 elections the party ran as part of the

Peace and Democracy Movement The Peace and Democracy Movement ( tr, Barış ve Demokrasi Hareketi) was a social democratic political party in the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. In the last legislative elections for the House of Representatives of Northern Cypru ...

,Mete Hatay (2005
Beyond Numbers: An Inquiry into the Political Integration of the Turkish ‘Settlers’ in Northern Cyprus
PRIO Report which won six seats. The TKP then ran independently in the 2005 elections, but failed to win a seat. In May 2007 it merged with the

to form the

Communal Democracy Party The Communal Democracy Party ( tr, Toplumcu Demokrasi Partisi, TDP) is a social-democratic political party in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The party came into being in May 2007 as a merger of the Peace and Democracy Movement with the Co ...

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