Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye İhtilâlci İşçi Köylü Partisi, TİİKP) was a

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communist party in

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. TİİKP was founded in 1969 by the ''Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık'' ("Proletarian Revolutionary Enlightenment") group that had broken away from DEV-GENÇ ("Revolutionary Youth"). The chairman of TİİKP was

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. TİİKP was an illegal party.New Page 2
The central publications of the party were ''Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık'' and ''Şafak'' ("Dawn"). In 1972, İbrahim Kaypakkaya and others broke with TİİKP and formed Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist ("Communist Party of Turkey (Marxist-Leninist)").Qu’est-ce que le TKP(ML) ?
/ref> In 1978, TİİKP was succeeded by Türkiye İşçi Köylü Partisi ("Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey" or TİKP). TİKP later became a legal party and became Sosyalist Parti ("Socialist Party" or SP). In 1992, İşçi Partisi ("Workers' Party" or İP) was formed as a continuation of TİKP and SP. In 2015 Workers' Party changed its name to Patriotic Party.

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Defunct Maoist parties Political parties established in 1971 Defunct communist parties in Turkey Banned political parties in Turkey Banned communist parties Economic history of Turkey Maoist organizations in Turkey {{Turkey-party-stub

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