Communist Party | |
Native Name: | Turkish: Komünist Parti |
Colorcode: | red |
Leader: | Erkan Yıldız |
Presidium: | Central Committee |
Split: | Communist Party of Turkey |
Ideology: | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
Membership: | 46[1] |
Membership Year: | 2024 |
Position: | Far-left |
International: | IMCWP (2014-2017) |
European: | INITIATIVE (2014-2017) |
National: | United June Movement |
Anthem: | The Internationale |
Colours: | Red, yellow, white |
Country: | Turkey |
Communist Party (tr|Komünist Parti, or KP) is a communist party in Turkey founded in 2014.
Following a period of internal strife within the then-defunct Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), the party decided to split in two. On 15 July 2014, the two rival factions reached a consensus to freeze the activities of the former party and that neither faction shall use the name and emblem of TKP.[2] The faction led by Kemal Okuyan and Aydemir Güler founded the Communist Party on 17 July 2014,[3] with the other faction forming the People's Communist Party of Turkey (HTKP).
Election | Number of votes for KP | Share of votes | Seats | |
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General election, June 2015 | 13,780 | 0.03% | ||
General election, November 2015 | 52,527 | 0.11% |