Communist Labour Party of Turkey

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Communist Labour Party of Turkey
Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi
AbbreviationTKEP
General SecretaryTeslim Töre
Founded1980
IdeologyCommunism

Communist Labour Party of Turkey (in

THKO
.

The general secretary of TKEP was Teslim Töre. Töre was jailed in 1993 and released in 2001.[1]

TKEP set up a 'Kurdish Autonomous Organization'. In 1982 it developed into the

Communist Party of Kurdistan
(KKP). In 1990 KKP was separated from TKEP.

In 1990 TKEP suffered a major split as the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist (TKEP/L) was founded. TKEP/L wanted to continue armed struggle.

TKEP started entering legal politics. It organized an open movement, Emek, that in 1994 joined the

Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP) in 1996. In effect, through Emek, TKEP acted as a fraction within ÖDP. When ÖDP split in 2002, TKEP joined the new Socialist Labour Movement
(SEH).

See also

References

  1. ^ "68 Kuşağı'ndan Teslim Töre Yaşamını Yitirdi". Bianet. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2023.