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 (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. 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