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Not to be confused with Workers' Party of Turkey or Workers' Party (Turkey).

Workers' Party of Turkey
Türkiye İşçi Partisi
AbbreviationTİP
PresidentErkan Baş
Founded7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)
Preceded byHTKP
HeadquartersÇankaya, Ankara
Membership (2022)Increase 8,279[3]
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Left-wing populism
Political positionLeft-wing[1] to far-left[2]
National affiliationLabour and Freedom Alliance (Since 2022)
SloganGel Kardeşim!
Söz Kardeşim!
Grand National Assembly
4 / 600
Metropolitan municipalities
0 / 30
District municipalities
0 / 1,351
Provincial councillors
0 / 1,251
Municipal Assemblies
0 / 20,498
Party flag
Flag of Workers' Party of Turkey
Website
tip.org.tr

The Workers' Party of Turkey (Template:Lang-tr, TİP) is a political party in Turkey. The party was established as a result of the internal strife of two rival factions within the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP). The faction led by former chairman Erkan Baş initially adopted the name People's Communist Party of Turkey in 2014 and after three years in 2017, this faction decided to establish the Workers' Party of Turkey. The party has an unusually high proportion of women and young people running its organisation compared to other parties in Turkey. The Workers’ Party of Turkey's aim is to encourage the spread and growth of grassroots organisations in order to strengthen the socialist movement. Since 2017, TİP has established local branches in over 40 cities and districts and is now eligible to take part in Turkish elections.[4] As of August 2022, TİP is a member of Labour and Freedom Alliance and will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections with this alliance.[5]

History

The declaration document constituting the foundation of the Workers' Party of Turkey was signed by 146 people, including Erkan Baş, Barış Atay, Tuncay Çelen, Metin Çulhaoğlu, previous TİP and TKP members, various representatives from mass organisations and trade unions, workers, students, and academics.[6][7] The party was officially founded on 7 November 2017.[8] In 2018, the Constitutional Court of Turkey gave its approval for the party to use its name, as the party had previously been banned and outlawed in the 1970s.[9]

Elections

In the 2018 Turkish general election, the party collaborated with the Peoples' Democratic Party.[10] It won 2 seats in that election. The party's chairperson, Erkan Baş was elected from Istanbul's first electoral district and the deputy chairperson, Barış Atay is an actor and filmmaker elected from Hatay province.[11] Ahmet Şık also joined as the party's third MP in April 2021, following a short period after his resignation from HDP.[12] Republican People's Party's İstanbul deputy Sera Kadıgil announced her resignation on 25 June 2021 and joined the Workers' Party of Turkey. With Kadıgil’s move, the number of TİP deputies in the parliament has increased to four.

Ideology and program

Workers' Party of Turkey in Poland.

As emphasized in its program, the Workers’ Party of Turkey is an internationalist Marxist-Leninist working-class party. According to the party program, which begins with a section entitled "The Actuality of Socialism", the aim of the party is the seizing of the political power by the working class and its allies.[13] Party also employs a populist rhetoric against the political establishment and the political elite in Turkey, emphasizing the antagonism between the people and the elite.[14][15][16] This antagonism is materialized as "99% against a handful of greedy cronies" by Erkan Baş, as an example.[17] Tanıl Bora [tr] characterized the ideological outlook of the party as a "reconciliation of left-wing populism and Marxist orthodoxy".[15] As a response, party executive member and author Can Soyer concurred that the ideological direction of the party fits into characterization offered by Tanıl Bora [tr].[18]

Members of the Workers' Party of Turkey distributing pamphlets in Kadıköy.

The Workers’ Party of Turkey is against institutions such as NATO, EU and IMF, as it considers them to be extensions of capitalism and imperialism.[19] Similarly, the party openly opposes authoritarian regimes and its leaders, such as Russia, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.[20][21] TİP condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, especially Putin's aggressive expansionist policies and NATO encroachment, calling for peace and avoiding further spread and escalation of the conflict.[20]

Party advocates freedoms, republicanism, democracy and secularism and positions itself against the racist, fascist and sectarian tendencies which became more widespread both in Turkey and in the world. In their publications and speeches of the party's members of parliament importance of social movements such as the women’s movement, the environmental movement and the LGBT movement underlined repeatedly.[22][23][24] TİP also aims to create a democratic system where the people represent themselves and have the political power in the country, rather than this power being limited to the elite.[25][26] In that sense, Erkan Baş urged for the implementation of participatory politics for all of the society, transforming the people into "political subjects" through means including e-democracy, direct democracy and popular participation and transparency.[27][28]

The Workers’ Party of Turkey opposes all foreign interventions of the imperialist actors, especially those targeting Middle East, Caucasus and the Balkans, and aggressive actions participated by the Turkish government as well.[29] In line with their position, in October 2021, TİP parliamentarians voted against the mandate extending the Turkish military deployment in Syria and Iraq until 2023.[30][31]

The party advocates peace and fraternity between the Turkish and Kurdish peoples in Turkey and among the peoples in the world and in the region.[32]

International relations

The party has an International Committee that propagates the policies of the party internationally in different world languages. International Committee publishes a monthly bulletin in the English language.[33]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Turkey".
  3. ^ "Türkiye İşçi Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. ^ Duvar, Gazete (30 June 2020). "Erkan Baş: TİP seçime girme yeterliliğini sağladı". www.gazeteduvar.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ Gazetesi, Evrensel. "Alliance of Labour and Freedom is being formed". Evrensel.net. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. ^ Beyanname Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine, tip.org.tr.
  7. ^ Yeni bir sol parti kuruldu Archived 2 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Oda TV
  8. ^ TC Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. "Siyasi Partiler (Türkiye İşçi Partisi)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "AYM'den Türkiye İşçi Partisi hakkında karar". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. ^ Resmi Twitter Sayfası, 30 July 2018
  11. ^ ANKARA. "TİP 53 yıl sonra TBMM'de". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. ^ @tipgenelmerkez (19 April 2021). "Hoş geldin Ahmet Şık! Ahmet Şık'in partimize katılmasıyla şimdi daha güçlü, daha inatçıyız.Sen inatçısın, sen de…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "English". tip.org.tr.
  14. ^ "After Decades of Repression, the Workers' Party of Turkey Offers Hope for the Left". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  15. ^ a b "III. TİP ve Yeniden Sol Popülizm – Tanıl Bora". birikimdergisi.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  16. ^ "The Strategies and Struggles of the Turkish Opposition under Autocratization". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  17. ^ Erkan Baş: Azgın bir azınlık var yiyor, yiyor doymuyor! Milyonlarca insan çöpten ekmek topluyor!, retrieved 24 March 2022
  18. ^ "Devamlılıklar ve Sıçramalar: Tanıl Bora'ya Yanıt". ilerihaber.org. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  19. ^ @tipgenelmerkez (15 June 2021). "📌 NATO uluslararası bir terör örgütüdür. Halk düşmanı bir örgüttür.NATO'nun temel görevi, NATO üyesi ülkelerin bi…" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 December 2021 – via Twitter.
  20. ^ a b "Rusya-Ukrayna savaşında 'barış' vurgusu yapan Erkan Baş'tan NATO ve Putin'e tepki". birgun.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Gizlilik kararı olan Kaşıkçı dosyasının Suudi Arabistan'a ne kadara satıldığını açıkladı! Ahmet Şık'tan şoke eden iddia". Yurt Gazetesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Erkan Baş'tan Erdoğan'a sert sözler". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  23. ^ Duvar, Gazete (3 September 2021). "TİP: Kadınlar Türkiye'nin en büyük muhalefet gücü". www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/tip-kadinlar-turkiyenin-en-buyuk-muhalefet-gucu-haber-1515592 (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  24. ^ "TİP'li Ahmet Şık: İlke bazında ortaklaştığımız adaya oy veririz". Diken. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  25. ^ "Kadıgil: TİP'te beklediğimden de iyi karşılandım". ilerihaber.org. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  26. ^ "TİP Genel Başkanı Erkan Baş, TİP milletvekilleri Ahmet Şık ile Sera Kadıgil gazetecilerle buluştu". YOL HABER (in Turkish). 6 February 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  27. ^ "TİP Genel Başkanı Erkan Baş, Kaş'ta halk buluşması düzenledi". ilerihaber.org. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  28. ^ "Üçüncü İttifak: Ne, neden, niçin, nasıl, kimlerle? (1) – Erkan Baş (İleri)". Sendika.Org (in Turkish). 23 November 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  29. ^ "Savaşa karşı barış, hemen şimdi ve her yerde". Türkiye İşçi Partisi (in Turkish). 1 March 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  30. ^ "Turkish Parliament extends military mandate: what is the background to this mandate?". HDP Europe. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  31. ^ Gazetesi, Evrensel. "Suriye ve Irak tezkeresine kim 'evet', kim 'hayır' diyecek?". Evrensel.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  32. ^ "Erkan Baş: Türkiye'nin başındaki en büyük bela saray rejimi, AKP iktidarı ve Erdoğan'dır". www.gercekgundem.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  33. ^ "Bulletins | Türkiye İşçi Partisi". tip.org.tr. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019.
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