CP USA, Communist Party USA Statement on the 100th Anniversary of the Communist Party of Turkey

9/8/20 3:22 PM
  • USA, Communist Party USA En North America Communist and workers' parties

The CPUSA congratulates the Communist Party of Turkey, TKP, on its 100th Anniversary; 100 years of struggle for socialism and against imperialism in Turkey.  The TKP is the oldest political party now functioning in Turkey.

The CPUSA mourns the 15 martyrs of the TKP who were among its founders.

The CPUSA salutes the contribution of the TKP to the expulsion of the colonial imperialist powers after WWI leading to the independence of Turkey and the establishment of the Republic and later progressive democratic reforms.

The CPUSA salutes the struggle of the TKP under very difficult conditions for the establishment of trade unions in Turkey, for peace under US imperialist encroachment and the democratization realized after 1960.

The CPUSA salutes the struggle of the TKP against NATO, fascism and its leading role in the militant trade union movement of Turkey during the 1970's.

The CPUSA salutes the struggle of the TKP against the fascist Junta during the 1980's and the steadfastness of its cadres against those who wished to liquidate the communist movement and the success of its battle for legalization in 2006.

The CPUSA salutes the present struggle of the TKP for worker's rights and socialism, for the democratic rights of ALL working people of Turkey, for peace and internationalism, and its defense of secularism and enlightenment in the face of the reactionary, anti-labor and undemocratic Erdoğan regime.

The CPUSA also congratulates the election last year of the first Communist mayor in Turkey in Dersim and the model administration of that city during the current pandemic.

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