Communist Movement of Turkey

The Communist Movement of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Komünist Hareketi, TKH) is a communist party in Turkey. The TKH was split from the People's Communist Party of Turkey in 2015, which was split from the Communist Party of Turkey in 2014.

Communist Movement of Turkey Türkiye Komünist Hareketi
Abbreviation	TKH[1]
Chairperson	Aysel Tekerek[2]
Founded	21 August 2015 (2015-08-21)
Split from	People's Communist Party of Turkey
Headquarters	Ankara, Turkey
Membership (2024)	1,179[3]
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism[4] Socialist republicanism[5] Anti-imperialism[6] Hard Euroscepticism[7] Laicism[8]
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	United June Movement (2015-2022) Union of Socialist Forces (2022–2023)
Colours	Red, yellow
Slogan	Boyun Eğme! (Don't Bow Down!)
Website
tkh.org.tr
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The TKH is one of the components in the United June Movement, a political coalition initiative which was founded after Gezi Park revolt.^[9]

In a press conference held in Ankara in August 2022, it was announced that the party along with the Communist Party of Turkey, the Revolutionary Movement and the Left Party would form a coalition for the 2023 national election; this coalition was entitled the Union of Socialist Forces.^[10]

Other Logo of the Communist Movement of Turkey (TKH)

See also

• Turkey portal

• List of political parties in Turkey

References

1. "Parti tüzüğü" (PDF) (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
2. "Türkiye Komünist Hareketi" (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
3. "Türkiye Komünist Hareketi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
4. "Parti programı" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
5. "Kuruluş duyurusu" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
6. "Sorularla TKH". Archived from the original on 2020-01-25. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
7. "Avrupa Birliği dağıtılmalıdır!". Archived from the original on 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
8. "Kuruluş bülteni" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
9. Burcu Cansu, Haziran’ın izinden yürüyüş
10. "Sosyalist Güç Birliği yola çıktı: 'Ülkemizin geleceğine birlikte sahip çıkıyoruz'". "Cumhuriyet". Retrieved 2022-08-20.

External links

• Official website (in Turkish)