Workers' Party of Turkey (2017)

Not to be confused with Workers' Party of Turkey.

Not to be confused with Workers' Party (Turkey).

Workers' Party of Turkey Türkiye İşçi Partisi
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Abbreviation	TİP
President	Erkan Baş
Founded	7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)
Preceded by	People's Communist Party of Turkey
Headquarters	Kadıköy
Membership (2020)	1,243
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism
Political position	Far-left
Slogan	Gel Kardeşim! Söz Kardeşim!
Grand National Assembly	2 / 600
Metropolitan municipalities	0 / 30
District municipalities	0 / 1,351
Provincial councillors	0 / 1,251
Municipal Assemblies	0 / 20,498
Website
www.tip.org.tr
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Workers' Party of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye İşçi Partisi, TİP) is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Turkey. The party has been founded as a consequence of internal strife of two rival factions within the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP). The faction led by former chairman Erkan Baş firstly adopted the name People's Communist Party of Turkey in 2014 and after three years in 2017 this faction decided to establish TİP. High proportions of women and young people have been attained in the central organs of the party. The Workers’ Party of Turkey aims at making grassroots organizations more widespread and bigger, in order to strengthen the socialist movement. Within 2 years party established local branches over 40 cities and in their districts.

History

The preparatory works for the foundation of the Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) were initiated in March 2018. The party's foundation declaration was signed by 146 people, including Erkan Baş, Barış Atay, Tuncay Çelen, Metin Çulhaoğlu, past TİP and past TKP members, various representatives from mass organizations and trade unions, workers, students, and academics.

Elections

In the 2018 Turkish general election, the party collaborated with the People's Democratic Party. It won 2 seats in that election. In 2018 general elections for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Party's chairperson Erkan Baş elected from Istanbul's first electoral district and deputy chairperson and a famous artist Barış Atay elected from Hatay province.

Ideology & Program

As emphasized in its program, the Workers’ Party of Turkey is an internationalist Marxist-Leninist working class party. According to the party program, which begins with a section entitled “The Actuality of Socialism”, the aim of the party is the seizing of the political power by the working class and its allies.

The Workers’ Party of Turkey is against the imperialist-capitalist system and the imperialist institutions such as NATO, EU and IMF. Party advocates freedoms, democracy and secularism and is against the racist, fascist and sectarian tendencies which have becoming more and more widespread both in Turkey and in the world. In their publications and speeches of the party's members of parliament importance of social movements such as the women’s movement, the environmental movement and the LGBTI movement underlined repeatedly.

The Workers’ Party of Turkey opposes all foreign interventions of the imperialist actors, especially those targeting the Middle East, the Caucasus and the Balkans, and aggressive actions participated by the Turkish government as well.

The party advocates peace and fraternity between the Turkish and Kurdish peoples in Turkey and among the peoples in the world and in our region.

International Relations

Party has an International Committee that propagates policies of the party internationally in different world languages. International Committee publishes a monthly bulletin in English language.

See also =

• Turkish Workers' Party