The Socialist Liberation Party ( tr, Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi, 1920 TKP) is a

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. The party was founded as "Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi" on 7 February 2012. The party changed its name to "Türkiye Komünist Partisi" on 15 February 2012. The

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didn't allow the renaming, because there was already a party with same name, i.e. Türkiye Komünist Partisi. Following that, the party started using the name "Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi" again and changed the abbreviation from TKP 1920 to 1920 TKP. Until 2016, the Socialist Liberation Party was one of the components in the

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, a political coalition initiative which was founded after Gezi Park revolt.

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