Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey
Political party in Turkey
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Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye İhtilâlci İşçi Köylü Partisi, TİİKP) was a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Turkey. TİİKP was founded in 1969 by the Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık ("Proletarian Revolutionary Enlightenment") group that had broken away from DEV-GENÇ ("Revolutionary Youth").[2] The chairman of TİİKP was Doğu Perinçek. TİİKP was an illegal party.[3]
Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey Türkiye İhtilalci İşçi Köylü Partisi | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | TİİKP |
| Leader | Doğu Perinçek |
| Founded | May 21, 1969. |
| Dissolved | September 1977 |
| Split from | DEV-GENÇ |
| Preceded by | TİÇSF (de jure) |
| Succeeded by | TİKP |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong Thought[1] Anti-revisionism |
| Political position | Far-left |
The central publications of the party were Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık and Şafak ("Dawn").[3]
In 1972, İbrahim Kaypakkaya and others broke with TİİKP and formed Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist ("Communist Party of Turkey (Marxist-Leninist)").[4]
In 1978, TİİKP was succeeded by Türkiye İşçi Köylü Partisi ("Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey" or TİKP). TİKP later became a legal party and became Sosyalist Parti ("Socialist Party" or SP). In 1992, İşçi Partisi ("Workers' Party" or İP) was formed as a continuation of TİKP and SP. In 2015 Workers' Party changed its name to Patriotic Party.
