Socialist Unity Party (Turkey)

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]

Socialist Unity Party Sosyalist Birlik Partisi
Leader	Sadun Aren
Founder	Sadun Aren
Founded	January 15, 1991 (1991-01-15)
Banned	July 19, 1995 (1995-07-19)
Preceded by	United Communist Party of Turkey
Headquarters	Ankara[1]
Ideology	Socialism
Politics of Turkey Political parties Elections

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