List of communist parties of Turkey
This list contains an enumeration of communist groups, parties and organizations in Turkey .
Both existing and historical groups were taken into account, as well as those that were later no longer regarded as communist (e.g. PKK). Some groups are internationally classified as terrorist, some are or were banned underground organizations.
The frequent double designation of party / front indicates, at least theoretically, groups divided into two parts: the political and the armed arm. Some groups maintained or maintain militant sister organizations of other names, which are not listed separately here.
| Turkish or Kurdish name | abbreviation | German translation | founding | resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Eylül | - | September 10 | 1988 (from TKP) | 1996 (to Ürün) |
| 16 Haziran Hareketi | - | Movement June 16 | 1987 (from VP) | |
| Bolşevik Parti (Kuzey Kürdistan-Türkiye) | BP (KK-T) | Bolshevik Party (Northern Kurdistan-Turkey) | 1981 | |
| Halkın Türkiye Komünist Partisi | HTKP | Communist People's Party of Turkey | 2014 | |
| Türkiye İhtilalci Komünistler Birliği | TİKB | Union of Revolutionary Communists of Turkey | ||
| Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi | TKEP | Communist Labor Party of Turkey | 1980 (from THKO-MB) | |
| Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi / Leninist | TKEP / L | Communist Workers' Party of Turkey / Leninists | 1990 (from TKEP) | |
| Communist Parti | KP | Communist Party | 2014 | |
| Kürdistan Komünist Partisi | KKP | Communist Party of Kurdistan | 1982 (as a section of TKEP; independent 1990) | |
| Türkiye (Resmi) Komünist Partisi | (Official) Communist Party of Turkey | 1920 | 1921 | |
| Türkiye Komünist Partisi | CPM | Communist Party of Turkey | 1920 | 1988 (parts of TBKP and 10 Eylül ) |
| Türkiye Komünist Partisi | CPM | Communist Party of Turkey | 2001 (renamed from SİP, formerly STP / Gelenek ) | 2014 |
| Türkiye Komünist Fırkası | TKF | 1920 | ? | |
| Türkiye Komünist Partisi | Communist Party of Turkey | 1978 (79?) | ||
| Türkiye Komünist Partisi-Devrimci Kanat | TKP-DK | Communist Party of Turkey - Revolutionary Wing | circa 1980 | circa 1980 |
| Türkiye Komünist Partisi / Markist-Leninist (Yeniden İnşa Örgütü) | TKP / ML (YIÖ) | Communist Party of Turkey / Marxist-Leninists (New organizational structure) | 1978 (from TKP / ML-Hareketi) | 1995 (to MLKP) |
| Türkiye Komünist Partisi / Marksist-Leninist - Hareketi | TKP / ML-Hareketi | Communist Party of Turkey / Marxist-Leninists Movement | 1976 (from TKP / ML) | 1994 (to MLKP-K) |
| Communist Devrim Hareketi / Leninist | KDH / L | Communist Revolutionary Movement / Leninists | 1999 (from KDH) | |
| Türkiye Komünist İşçi Partisi | TKIP | Communist Labor Party of Turkey | 1988 (from TDKP), until 1998 as EKİM | |
| Türkiye Emekçi Partisi | TEP | Labor Party of Turkey | 1975 | Mid 1980s |
| Marksist Leninist Komünist Parti | MLKP | Marxist-Leninist Communist Party | 1994 (from TKP / ML-Hareketi and TKIH) | |
| Komünist Partisi - İnşa Örgütü | KP-İÖ | Communist Party - organizational structure | 1995 (from MLKP) | |
| Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu - Türkiye Devriminin Yolu | THKO-TDY | People's Liberation Army of Turkey - Turkey's Revolutionary Path | 1975 (from THKO) | ? |
| Devrimci Komünist Partisi | DKP | Revolutionary Communist Party | 1989 (from TKP / B) | 1991 (to TDP) |
| Türkiye Devrimci Komünist Partisi | TDKP | Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey | 1976 (from THKO-MB, before 1978 THKO-HK, before 1980 TDKP-IÖ) | |
| Türkiye Devrimci Komünist Partisi-Sosyalist Birlik | TDKP-SB | Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey - Socialist Unity | 1987 (from TDKP) | ? |
| Türkiye Devrimci Komünist İşçi Hareketi | TDKİH | Revolutionary Communist Labor Movement of Turkey | 1989 (from TDKP) | 1991 (in TKİH) |
| Türkiye Komünist İşçi Hareketi | TKİH | Communist labor movement of Turkey | 1984 | 1994 (to MLKP-K) |
| Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Partisi / Cephesi | DHKP / C | Revolutionary People's Liberation Party / Front | 1993 (from Dev Sol ) | |
| Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi | THKP / C | People's Liberation Party / Front of Turkey | 1993 (from Dev Sol ) | |
| Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi | THKP / C | People's Liberation Party / Front of Turkey | 1971 (from Dev-Genç ) | after 1972 |
| Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi / Devrimci Coordinasyon Birliği | THKP-C / DKB | People's Liberation Party / Front of Turkey - Revolutionary Coordination | 1979 | Around 1980 |
| Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi / Halkın Devrimci Öncüleri | THKP C / HDÖ | People's Liberation Party / Front of Turkey - Revolutionary Vanguard of the People | ? | |
| Devrimci Halk Partisi | DHP | Revolutionary People's Party | 1994 | |
| Türkiye İhtilâlci İşçi Köylü Partisi | TİİKP | Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey | 1969 (from Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık / split from Dev-Genç ) | 1977 (in TİKP) |
| Türkiye İşçi Köylü Partisi | TİKP | Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey | 1978 (from TİİKP) | 1981 (to SP) |
| Sosyalist Parti | SP | Socialist party | 1988 (from TİKP) | 1992 (to IP) |
| İşçi Partisi | İP | Workers' Party | 1992 (from SP) | 2015 (renamed) |
| Türkiye Komünist Partisi / Marksist-Leninist | CPM / ML | Communist Party of Turkey / Marxist-Leninists | 1972 (from TİİKP) | |
| Maoist communist Partisi | MKP | Maoist Communist Party | 1994 (from TKP / ML; DABK until 2002 ) | |
| Türkiye Devrimci Gençlik Federasyonu | Dev-Genç | Federation of Revolutionary Youth of Turkey | 1965 | Banned in 1971 |
| Devrimci Sol | Dev Sol | Revolutionary left | 1978 (from Dev Yol) | 1993 (in DHKP / C and Yağan's THKP / C) |
| Devrimci Yol | Dev Yol | Revolutionary way | 1977 (from Dev-Genç ) | |
| Yekîtîya Komunîstên Kurdistan | YKK | Communist Union of Kurdistan | 1986 (from TKP / B) | early 1990s |
| Türkiye Komünist Partisi / Birlik | TKP / B | Communist Party of Turkey / Unity | 1989 (to DKP) | |
| Türkiye Birleşik Komünist Partisi | TBKP | United Communist Party of Turkey | 1988 (from TKP and TİP) | 1991 banned (parts of SBP) |
| Türkiye İşçi Partisi | TIP | Labor Party of Turkey | 1961 | 1988 (to TBKP) |
| Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan | PKK | Kurdistan Workers' Party | 1978 (from Dev-Genç or Kürdistan Devrimcileri ) |
Web links
- Overview of left parties
- “Family tree” (PDF; 155 kB) in Turkey on broadleft.org