Socialist Liberation Party
Political party in Turkey
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The Socialist Liberation Party (Turkish: Toplumcu KurtuluÅ Partisi, 1920 TKP) is a MarxistâLeninist communist party in Turkey.
Socialist Liberation Party Toplumcu KurtuluÅ Partisi | |
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| Abbreviation | 1920 TKP[1] |
| Leader | Ä°smail Kaplan |
| Founded | 7 February 2012 |
| Preceded by | Ãrün |
| Headquarters | Ankara |
| Membership (2025) |  116[2] |
| Ideology | Communism MarxismâLeninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Slogan | Bütün ülkelerin iÅçileri ve ezilen halklar, birleÅin! (Workers of all countries and oppressed people, unite!) |
| Website | |
| www.TKP.org | |
The party was founded as "Toplumcu KurtuluŠPartisi" 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 the same name, i.e. Türkiye Komünist Partisi.[4] Following that, the party started using the name "Toplumcu KurtuluŠPartisi" 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 the Gezi Park revolt.[6][7]
