Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey

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Türkiye İhtilâlci İşçi Köylü Partisi (Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey), a pro-Chinese communist party in Turkey. TİİKP was founded in 1971 by the Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık (Proletarian Revolutionary Enlightenment) group, that had broken away from Dev-Genç (Revolutionary Youth).[1] The chairman of TİİKP was Doğu Perinçek. TİİKP was an illegal party.[2]

The central publication of the party were Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık and Şafak (Dawn).[2]

In 1972 İbrahim Kaypakkaya and others broke with TİİKP and formed Türkiye Komünist Partisi (Marksist-Leninist) (Communist Party of Turkey (Marxist-Leninist)).[3]

In 1974 TİİKP is succeeded by Türkiye İşçi Köylü Partisi (Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey). TİKP later became a legal party.[2] In 1992 İşçi Partisi (Workers Party) was formed as a continuation of TİKP.

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  1. ^ http://www.broadleft.org/tr_left_part_hist_diag.pdf#search=%22T%C4%B0%C4%B0KP%20TKP%22
  2. ^ a b c New Page 2
  3. ^ Qu’est-ce que le TKP(ML) ?
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