Socialist Unity Party (Turkey)

Socialist Unity Party
Sosyalist Birlik Partisi
Leader Sadun Aren
Founded January 15, 1991
Dissolved July 19, 1995
Headquarters Necatibey Cad. N°40, Ankara[1]
Ideology Socialism
Religion Secular

The Socialist Unity Party (Turkish: Sosyalist Birlik Partisi, abbreviated SBP) was a political party in Turkey. The party was founded on January 15, 1991. It was headed by Sadun Aren, a former university professor.[2] The party was largely a successor organization of the banned United Communist Party of Turkey (TBKP).[3] SBP held its first party congress in Ankara in May 1992.[4]

The party was banned on July 19, 1995.[5][6] The remains of the party merged into the United Socialist Party (BSP).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bichet, Evelyne and Madeleine Zbinden. Les sources d'information en Europe: 45 pays de l'Est à l'Ouest. Editions du Centre de formation et de perfectionnement des journalistes, 1992. p. 339
  2. ↑ Tachau, Frank. Political Parties of the Middle East and North Africa. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1994. p. 600
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Political Handbook of the World : 1999: Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations As of March 1, 1999 or Later : (with Major Political Developments Noted Through June 1, 1999). Binghamton, N.Y.: CSA Publications, 1999. p. 990
  4. ↑ Sosyalist Birlik Partisi. Genel Yönetim Kurulu çalışma raporu: 1. kongre, 2 - 3 Mayı 1992, Ankara. 1992.
  5. ↑ Human Rights Watch. Turkey: Violations of Free Expression in Turkey. New York: Human Rights Watch, 1999. p. 101
  6. ↑ Yildiz, Kerim, and Susan Carolyn Breau. The Kurdish Conflict: International Humanitarian Law and Post-Conflict Mechanisms. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, England: Routledge, 2010. pp. 9, 274