The Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Devrimci Komünist Partisi, TDKP) is a clandestine
communist party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...
in
Turkey
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. TDKP considers itself to be the continuation of the
People's Liberation Army of Turkey
People's Liberation Army of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu, abbreviated THKO) was an armed underground far-left movement in Turkey. It was founded at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey in 1968 by Hüseyin İnan, Yu ...
( tr, Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu, links=no, THKO). The THKO Conference gathered in October 1978. It changed the name of the organisation to that of Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey - Construction Organisation (TDKP-İÖ short for ''İnşa Örgütü''). The split with the pro-Soviet line of the THKO, called ''Mücadelede Birlik'' ('Unity in Struggle') in 1974 is also shown as its roots. Between 1976 and 1979 the followers of THKO gathered around a legal publication called ''Halkın Kurtuluşu'' (People's Liberation) and are often known by that name.
[Taken from the German publication of the organisation Swiss Refugee Aid, dated April 1997 and reproduced under http://ob.nubati.net/wiki/TDKP; accessed on 17 September 2010] THKO passed through two splits, ''Bes Parçacılar'' left in 1976 and ''THKO-Aktancılar'' in 1977.
[A look a]
Family Tree of the Radical Turkish Left
may be helpful. ''Bes Parçacılar'' reunited with TDKP-IÖ in 1979. The TDKP-IÖ formally founded TDKP at a congress on 2 February 1980.
TDKP adhered to the political line of the
Albanian Party of Labour.
[Compar]
expertise opinion of the German section
of Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...
of October 2004; accessed on 17 September 2010
Publications
Since 1975 THKO published the journal ''Yoldaş/Heval'' (Turkish/Kurdish for "Comrade"). It was only distributed to members.
[ After the foundation of TDKP-İÖ the journal ''Devrimin Sesi'' (Voice of Revolution) was published legally. The journal ''Parti Bayrağı'' (Flag of the Party) was another legally published monthly that appeared between 1978 and the coup d'état in 1980.][
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Development after 1980
In the 1970s the TKHO had a legal youth organization, known as YDGD (short for ''Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Association''). 1976 the GKB (''Genç Komünistler Birliği'' - Union of Young Communists) was created. Like the ''Emekçi Kadınlar Birliği'' (Union of Female Workers) it was no legal formation.[
In the second half of the 1980s, TDKP was riddled with internal strife. Three factions split away from it, accusing the leadership of reformism; Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey-Socialist Unity (TDKP-SB) in 1987, Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey-Leninist Wing (TDKP-DK, also known as "Ekim" after its newspaper) in 1988 and Revolutionary Communist Workers Movement of Turkey (TDKIH) in 1989.][
After the fall of Socialist Albania TDKP started looking more towards establishing legal structures. ''Emek Partisi'' (Labour Party) was banned in March 1996 shortly after its foundation.][ In its place ''Emeğin Partisi'' ( Labour Party) was founded later changing its name to ''Emek Partisi'' (generally called EMEP) again.
TDKP is an active participant in the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations.
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See also
* List of illegal political parties in Turkey
*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
References
External links
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