People's Liberation Party (Turkey)

People's Liberation Party
Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi
AbbreviationHKP[1]
LeaderNurullah Ankut[2]
Founded15 June 2005 (2005-06-15)
HeadquartersAnkara
Membership (2024)Decrease 1,016[3]
IdeologyCommunism[4]
Marxism–Leninism[4]
Socialist patriotism[5]
Secularism[15]
Anti-imperialism
Hard Euroscepticism
Political positionFar-left
Colours   Red, yellow
SloganHalkız, Haklıyız, Yeneceğiz!
(We are the people, We are right, We will prevail!)
Party flag
Website
www.hkp.org.tr

The People's Liberation Party (Turkish: Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi, HKP) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Turkey. The HKP is based strongly around Hikmet Kıvılcımlı's ideas and philosophy.[16]

The party was established on 15 June 2005, the 35th anniversary of the 15–16 June Worker Resistance.[17]

HKP considers itself the political heir of both the Homeland Party [tr],[16] which was founded by Hikmet Kıvılcımlı in 1954, and the first Communist Party of Turkey, which was founded by Mustafa Suphi in 1920.[16]

Nurullah Ankut, a retired philosophy teacher from Konya, has been the head of the party since 2005.[17]

Ideology

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Hikmet Kıvılcımlı (1902–1971), who was a guerilla commander in the Turkish War of Independence when he was 17, devoted his life to the struggle of the working class. The HKP is led by his example and political thought and theory.

HKP states that it is against the local moneylords, the finance-capitalists who are the partners and defenders of the international moneylords in Turkey and that it will liquidate them.

Election results

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HKP gained the right to participate in elections in the Turkish local elections of 2014, and they received a total of 26,654 votes. HKP participated in the Turkish general elections of June 2015 with 550 candidate from 85 voting section. They received a total of 60,396 votes or 0.13%. In the November 2015 elections the party won 83,057 votes (0.17%).

General Elections

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Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Election date Party leader Votes Percentage Seats
2015 June Nurullah Ankut 60.396 0.13% 0 / 550
2015 November 83.057 0.17% 0 / 550
2023 31.831 0.06% 0 / 550

Local elections

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Election date Party leader Provincial council votes Percentage of votes Number of municipalities
2014 Nurullah Ankut 26.654 0.08% 0
2024 8.654 0.02% 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Parti tüzüğü" (PDF) (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  6. ^ "HKP'den HÜDA PAR ve Yeniden Refah Partisi protestosu". cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 10 June 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  7. ^ "HKP İzmir Laiklik Eylemi: Demokrasi ve Özgürlük İçin Mücadele". Demokrat İzmir Gazetesi (in Turkish). 6 February 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  8. ^ "HKP'den laiklik eylemi: Tarikatlar-cemaatler kapatılsın!". 12punto (in Turkish). 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Ortaçağcı Faşist Din Devleti özlemcisi AKP'giller'in Ankara Adliyesi içinde Kur'an Kursu açmasını yargıya taşıdık". Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi (in Turkish). 13 June 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  10. ^ "HKP İzmir İl Örgütü olarak Laik Cumhuriyet'in 100. yılında Karşıyaka'dan seslendik: Gericilik Yenilecek, Cumhuriyet Yaşayacak!". Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi (in Turkish). 29 October 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Laiklik İlkesine Yine HKP Sahip Çıktı!". Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi (in Turkish). 23 January 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Halkçı Kamu Emekçileri'nden açıklama: Laiklik olmazsa olmazımızdır". Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi (in Turkish). 2 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Türk Ordusu'nda Laiklik İlkesinin Yılmaz Savunucusu da HKP'dir!". HKP (in Turkish). 11 April 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Bir Asır önce kurulan Laik Cumhuriyet'in; Antiemperyalizm, Tam Bağımsızlık ve Laiklik İlkelerini Tümüyle Benimsiyor ve Savunuyoruz, Savunacağız". Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi (in Turkish). 28 October 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  15. ^ [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
  16. ^ a b c "KURULUŞ GEREKÇESİ". www.hkp.org.tr. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  17. ^ a b "15-16 Haziran Direnişimiz Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi'nin Mücadelesinde Yaşıyor". www.hkp.org.tr. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
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