The Turkish Communist Party ( tr, Türkiye Komünist Fırkası, TKF), often referred to as the "official" () communist party, was a

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Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. The TKF was set up by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in October 1920 in order to counter the influence of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP). The party organ was .

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was the editor of the party organ. The Turkish government sent a four-member delegation led by

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on a mission to establish links with the Soviet government. Atatürk disbanded the party after a short existence of 3 months.

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Defunct communist parties in Turkey Political parties established in 1920 1920 establishments in the Ottoman Empire {{Turkey-party-stub