Communist Party of Turkey (modern)

==History==

==History==

The TKP that was founded in 2001 has its roots in 1978. In that year, a [[Leninism|Leninist]] faction called Sosyalist İktidar (Socialist Power) voiced concerns about the main political line of the [[Workers' Party of Turkey (1961)|Workers' Party of Turkey]] (''Türkiye İşçi Partisi'' or '''TİP'''). The group claimed that the party's activities were not consistent with the programme of a revolutionary party, which should be defending socialist revolution. They also criticized the party's [[class collaboration|class collaborationism]] with the [[bourgeoisie]]. The group, headed by [[Yalçın Küçük]] and Metin Çulhaoğlu, argued that due to the oppressive terror atmosphere in the country the party gave in to unification policy within the left wing, thus losing the perspective of coming to power. The group printed the ''Sosyalist İktidar'' magazine during 1978–80 but it was not very effective.{{Cite web|date=2012-07-20|title=Parti tarihi {{!}} Parti Okulu|url=http://partiokulu.tkp.org.tr/aday-uye/aday-uye-egitim-metni/parti-tarihi|access-date=2022-02-04|website=archive.is|archive-date=20 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720205312/http://partiokulu.tkp.org.tr/aday-uye/aday-uye-egitim-metni/parti-tarihi|url-status=dead}}

The TKP, which was founded in 2001, has its roots in 1978. That year, a [[Leninism|Leninist]] faction called Sosyalist İktidar (Socialist Power) voiced concerns about the main political line of the [[Workers' Party of Turkey (1961)|Workers' Party of Turkey]] (''Türkiye İşçi Partisi'' or '''TİP'''). The group claimed that the party's activities were not consistent with the programme of a revolutionary party, which should be defending socialist revolution. They also criticized the party's [[class collaboration|class collaborationism]] with the [[bourgeoisie]]. The group, headed by [[Yalçın Küçük]] and Metin Çulhaoğlu, argued that due to the oppressive terror atmosphere in the country the party gave in to a unification policy within the left wing, thus losing the perspective of coming to power. The group printed the ''Sosyalist İktidar'' magazine during 1978–80 but it was not very effective.{{Cite web|date=2012-07-20|title=Parti tarihi {{!}} Parti Okulu|url=http://partiokulu.tkp.org.tr/aday-uye/aday-uye-egitim-metni/parti-tarihi|access-date=2022-02-04|website=archive.is|archive-date=20 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720205312/http://partiokulu.tkp.org.tr/aday-uye/aday-uye-egitim-metni/parti-tarihi|url-status=dead}}

===After the 12 September Coup & Gelenek era===

===After the 12 September Coup & Gelenek era===

After the closure of STP, the party cadres immediately formed the Party for Socialist Power (''Sosyalist İktidar Partisi'') SİP. In the same year, an internal division occurred within the party, culminating in the exit of Metin Çulhaoğlu and his followers.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-02 |title=Metin Çulhaoğlu'nun Maceraları |url=http://www.teorivepolitika.net/index.php/arsiv/item/528-metin-culhaoglunun-maceralari |access-date=2022-02-04 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202041437/http://www.teorivepolitika.net/index.php/arsiv/item/528-metin-culhaoglunun-maceralari |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=dead}} After this incident the head of the party became Aydemir Güler.

After the closure of STP, the party cadres immediately formed the Party for Socialist Power (''Sosyalist İktidar Partisi'') SİP. In the same year, an internal division occurred within the party, culminating in the exit of Metin Çulhaoğlu and his followers.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-02 |title=Metin Çulhaoğlu'nun Maceraları |url=http://www.teorivepolitika.net/index.php/arsiv/item/528-metin-culhaoglunun-maceralari |access-date=2022-02-04 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202041437/http://www.teorivepolitika.net/index.php/arsiv/item/528-metin-culhaoglunun-maceralari |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=dead}} After this incident the head of the party became Aydemir Güler.

During the December 1995 general elections, the party had no right to enter the elections. SİP entered the Labour, Peace and Freedom Bloc headed by HADEP. After the election, the party had urged the participants to proceed with the bloc; however, the components refused to further collaborate with Kurdish nationalists. SİP had led the 1996 Istanbul University occupation and sit-in acts protesting the fees. The party had also made its name heads by holding an unannounced meeting in the banned Taksim Square on May Day 1996. After the exposure of the [[Susurluk scandal]] the party encouraged the masses to take to the streets for protesting the regime that had connections with politicians-mobs-drug dealers etc. In the same year the party started a campaign that demanded the closure of the [[McDonald's]] in the [[Middle East Technical University]] Campus, Ankara.

During the December 1995 general elections, the party had no right to enter the elections. SİP entered the Labour, Peace and Freedom Bloc headed by HADEP. After the election, the party had urged the participants to proceed with the bloc; however, the components refused to further collaborate with Kurdish nationalists. SİP had led the 1996 Istanbul University occupation and sit-in acts protesting the fees. The party had also made its name heads by holding an unannounced meeting in the banned Taksim Square on May Day 1996. After the exposure of the [[Susurluk scandal]], the party encouraged the masses to take to the streets for protesting the regime that had connections with politicians-mobs-drug dealers etc. In the same year the party started a campaign that demanded the closure of the [[McDonald's]] in the [[Middle East Technical University]] Campus, Ankara.

In 1999, SİP entered the general elections for the first time under the leadership of Aydemir Güler and received 37,680 votes (0.12%). During the campaign process for the general elections party member [[Hüseyin Duman]] was shot dead by a rightist politician İhsan Bal.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-02 |title=SİP üyesinin öldürülmesi davası |url=http://arsiv.ntv.com.tr/news/72422.asp |access-date=2022-02-04 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202032559/http://arsiv.ntv.com.tr/news/72422.asp |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}

In 1999, SİP entered the general elections for the first time under the leadership of Aydemir Güler and received 37,680 votes (0.12%). During the campaign process for the general elections party member [[Hüseyin Duman]] was shot dead by a rightist politician İhsan Bal.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-02 |title=SİP üyesinin öldürülmesi davası |url=http://arsiv.ntv.com.tr/news/72422.asp |access-date=2022-02-04 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202032559/http://arsiv.ntv.com.tr/news/72422.asp |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}

After a period of internal strife, two rival factions of TKP reached a consensus on 15 July 2014 to freeze the activities of the party and that neither faction shall use the name and emblem of TKP.[http://haber.sol.org.tr/soldakiler/tkpde-yol-ayrimi-haberi-94815 TKP'de yol ayrımı] The faction led by [[Erkan Baş]] and Metin Çulhaoğlu adopted the name [[People's Communist Party of Turkey]] and the faction led by [[Kemal Okuyan]] and [[Aydemir Güler]] founded the [[Communist Party (Turkey, 2014)|Communist Party]].[http://www.radikal.com.tr/politika/tkpnin_yerine_komunist_parti_ve_halkin_turkiye_komunist_partisi-1203745 TKP'nin yerine Komünist Parti ve Halkın Türkiye Komünist Partisi]

After a period of internal strife, two rival factions of TKP reached a consensus on 15 July 2014 to freeze the activities of the party and that neither faction shall use the name and emblem of TKP.[http://haber.sol.org.tr/soldakiler/tkpde-yol-ayrimi-haberi-94815 TKP'de yol ayrımı] The faction led by [[Erkan Baş]] and Metin Çulhaoğlu adopted the name [[People's Communist Party of Turkey]] and the faction led by [[Kemal Okuyan]] and [[Aydemir Güler]] founded the [[Communist Party (Turkey, 2014)|Communist Party]].[http://www.radikal.com.tr/politika/tkpnin_yerine_komunist_parti_ve_halkin_turkiye_komunist_partisi-1203745 TKP'nin yerine Komünist Parti ve Halkın Türkiye Komünist Partisi]

On 22 January 2017, a congress was held by the initiation of seven well-known figures in the left-wing politics{{who|date=May 2022}}. The congress was embraced by independent communists and also by the Communist Party{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}. The congress announced that the TKP name will not be left unguarded and declared that TKP is back in the political scene.[http://haber.sol.org.tr/toplum/tkp-yoluna-devam-ediyor-183152 TKP yoluna devam ediyor]

On 22 January 2017, a congress was held by the initiative of seven well-known figures in the left-wing politics{{who|date=May 2022}}. The congress was embraced by independent communists and also by the Communist Party{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}. The congress announced that the TKP name will not be left unguarded and declared that TKP is back in the political scene.[http://haber.sol.org.tr/toplum/tkp-yoluna-devam-ediyor-183152 TKP yoluna devam ediyor]

=== 2019 local elections ===

=== 2019 local elections ===