STATEMENTS

TKP shares evaluations for 2021 with a political report on coronavirus pandemic
 

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) has released a political report focusing on the coronavirus pandemic: "Pandemic is yet another evidence of the historical collapse of capitalism"

"The coronavirus pandemic, which has affected the whole world since the first months of last year, not only showed once again how devastating capitalism is as a social system but also showed the extent of its desperation. From this point of view, the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus cannot be seen as a health problem alone,” the report said. 

The report consists of five parts. While it argues that capitalism is not fighting the pandemic, it puts forth that the capitalist order attempts to use the pandemic to compensate its weakness by attacking while the pandemic is also used to completely shut down the area of politics to the working class.

https://news.sol.org.tr/tkp-shares-evaluations-2021-political-report-coronavirus-pandemic-177094

NEWS FROM TURKEY & TKP

Turkey’s Unity Trade Union to music workers: You are not alone!

Turkey's Unity Trade Union made a call for all labourers working in the music industry. Stating that the pandemic has strikingly shown how much the problems of music workers have grown over the years and how difficult it is to ignore these problems, the union urged all workers in the music industry to stop poor working conditions.

https://news.sol.org.tr/turkeys-unity-trade-union-music-workers-you-are-not-alone-177095


Rewriting Turkish communist movement: First volume released

The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2020 with a series of events, exhibitions, and publications.

The first volume of the four books dedicated to the 100th anniversary has been published under the title “HISTORY OF THE PARTY: The dynamics of the foundation of the Communist Party of Turkey” by Yazılama Publishing House. Being a product of collective work, the book reviews the roots of the communist movement in the country with a special focus on the founding cadres of TKP and the historical-political developments in the first years.

https://news.sol.org.tr/rewriting-turkish-communist-movement-first-volume-released-177097

Working from home becoming permanent in Koç Group

CEO of Turkey’s one of the biggest capitalist groups, Koç Holding stated that 35 thousand workers will permanently work from home. Koç Holding is one of the biggest and rooted capitalist groups in Turkey. While the family represents themselves as a secular, employee-friendly capital, they increased their profit enormously during religious AKP’s era with privatization. Prof. Dr. Gamze Yücesan Özdemir, member of the Solidarity Assembly explained how this regulation will affect the workers to soL news.

https://news.sol.org.tr/working-home-becoming-permanent-turkeys-one-biggest-capitalist-groups-177099

ARTICLES

Beyond the virus: The challenges awaiting us in 2021

Ekin Sönmez, the CC member of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), commented on the challenges awaiting Turkey in 2021 via an article published in the Chilean left-wing magazine Revista Rosa.

https://news.sol.org.tr/beyond-virus-challenges-awaiting-us-2021-177096

https://www.revistarosa.cl/2021/01/25/mas-alla-del-virus-los-desafios-que-nos-esperan-el-2021/ (in Spanish)

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