Revolutionary Communard Party
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Revolutionary Communard Party Devrimci Komünarlar Partisi (DKP) | |
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| General Secretary | Ulaş Adalı |
| Founded | February 4, 2016 |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| National affiliation | HBDH |
| International affiliation | BÖG (part of IFB) |
| Website | |
| https://komunarlar.org/ | |
The Revolutionary Communard Party (Turkish: Devrimci Komünarlar Partisi, DKP) is a left-wing political organisation[1][2] founded on 4 February 2016, following the merger of the Liberation Movement and the Turkish Revolutionary Party.
The DKP is part of the United Freedom Forces and International Freedom Battalion (IFB),[3] participating in the Rojava conflict in the de facto autonomous AANES territory.[4] The DKP is banned in Turkey due to its alleged affiliation with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) group.[5]
The DKP is allied with the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) and the Kurdish YPG militia, having fought alongside them during both the Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) against ISIL[6] and Operation Olive Branch against Turkey and the TFSA.[7]
On 4 September 2018, the party split into two factions, the DKP/Birlik and the DKP/BÖG, the Birlik faction criticizing the DKP for being "opportunist" and not breaking with the old traditions[which?].[8] Both factions are fighting as a part of the IFB against the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria.[9]
