Utku ÇELİK-The statement traces the history of TKP, which was founded in 1920 by a group of communists who participated in the liberation struggle against the imperialist occupation and the palace regime in Anatolia. The statement highlights the party’s role in defending the interests of the working class, the oppressed, and the enlightened against the domination of the bourgeoisie and imperialism. The statement also emphasizes the party’s adherence to secularism and independence as its basic principles.
TKP: A Party of Hope and Resistance
The statement denounces the capitalist system as the greatest threat to humanity and the social order in Turkey as a source of reaction, looting, exploitation, and oppression. The statement declares that TKP is struggling to raise hope with the belief and determination it set out a century ago and that it will not allow the people to be left in despair. The statement calls on the workers, intellectuals, youth, and labourers of this country to unite and join TKP in order to save Turkey from these parasites and their outdated order.
TKP: A Party of Action and Change
The statement invites all people to Istanbul’s Kartal Square on Sunday, September 12 at 17:00 on its 101st anniversary to shout out together their demand for an egalitarian, free, secular, and independent country, a Socialist Turkey. The statement asserts that today is not the day to postpone, lose time, or settle for less. The statement concludes with the slogan: “Long live TKP! Long live Socialism!”
TKP Central Committee
