Socialist Liberation Party Explained

Socialist Liberation Party
Leader:İsmail Kaplan
Ideology:Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Headquarters:Ankara
Country:Turkey
Native Name:Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi
Native Name Lang:Turkish
Abbreviation:1920 TKP[1]
Predecessor:Ürün
Slogan:Bütün ülkelerin işçileri ve ezilen halklar, birleşin!
(Workers of all countries and oppressed people, unite!)
Position:Far-left
Membership Year:2023
Membership: 96[2]

The Socialist Liberation Party (Turkish: Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi, 1920 TKP) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Turkey.

The party was founded as "Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi" on 7 February 2012. The party changed its name to "Türkiye Komünist Partisi" on 15 February 2012.[3] The Constitutional Court did not allow the renaming, because there was already a party with same name, i.e. Türkiye Komünist Partisi.[4] Following that, the party started using the name "Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi" again and changed the abbreviation from TKP 1920 to 1920 TKP.[5]

Until 2016, the Socialist Liberation Party was one of the components in the United June Movement, a political coalition initiative which was founded after Gezi Park revolt.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parti tüzüğü . T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı . Turkish . 18 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi. Court of Cassation. 11 March 2023. mdy-all. Turkish.
  3. Web site: Anasayfa | Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi (1920 TKP).
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-02-18 . 2019-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190225223657/http://kararlaryeni.anayasa.gov.tr/Uploads/2016-8.doc . dead .
  5. Web site: Mücadeleye yeni adımızla devam ediyoruz.
  6. https://tkp.org/icerik/birlesik-haziran-hareketi-kuruldu-1658 Birleşik Haziran Hareketi kuruldu
  7. Web site: Birleşik Haziran Hareketinden ayrıldık.