Communist Party of Kurdistan

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Communist Party of Kurdistan (in Turkish: Kürdistan Komünist Partisi) is a political party in Turkish Kurdistan. KKP was founded in 1982, as the Kurdish section of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey (TKEP). Prior to 1982, TKEP had a 'Kurdistan Autonomous Organization' (Kürdistan Özerk Örgütü, KÖÖ) from 1980 onwards. In 1990 KKP became an independent party. KKP is led by Mehmet Baran. According to its program the Party struggles to establish Socialist Popular Republic of Kurdistan. [1] The main publication of KKP is Dengê Kurdistan.