Socialist Party of the Oppressed ( tr, Ezilenlerin Sosyalist Partisi, ESP; ku, Partiya Sosyalîst a Bindestan, PSB) is a Marxist-Leninist political party in the

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

. It defines itself as "a militant revolutionary socialist party fighting for a workers'-labourers' federative republic in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan."

Development

Some sources, including the public officials, hold the view that ESP is a legal front for the banned ICOR affiliate Marxist–Leninist Communist Party. Among its founders is Figen Yüksekdağ, the former co-president of the Peoples' Democratic Party. The party is one of the participants in the Peoples' Democratic Congress, a political initiative instrumental in founding the Peoples' Democratic Party in 2012.

Prosecution

In 2013 '' The Daily Telegraph'' called it "a small leftist group" after the homes of 90 ESP members were raided in connection with their involvement in the

2013 protests in Turkey A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at the violent eviction of a sit-in at the park prote ...

.'' The Daily Telegraph'', 18 June 2013
'Standing man' inspires Turkish protesters amid raids
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2015 Bombing

The youth wing of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed, known as the Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF), was the main target of the 2015 Suruç bombing. A group had travelled from Istanbul to Suruç on the Syrian border to assist in the reconstruction of the neighboring Syrian town of Kobanî after it was Siege of Kobanî, destroyed by warfare.

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* {{Political parties of Turkey 2010 establishments in Turkey Communist parties in Turkey Far-left politics in Turkey Hoxhaist parties Anti-revisionist organizations Peoples' Democratic Congress Political parties established in 2010