Communist Party of Kurdistan (Turkey)

Political party in Turkey

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The Communist Party of Kurdistan (Kurdish: Partiya Komunistê Kurdistan; Turkish: Kürdistan Komünist Partisi; abbreviated KKP) is a banned political party in Turkey, founded in 1982 as the Kurdish branch of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey (TKEP).^[1] Between 1980 and 1982, the TKEP had a Kurdistan Autonomous Organization (Kürdistan Özerk Örgütü; KÖÖ). In 1990, the KKP became an independent party. The KKP is led by Mehmet Baran.

According to its party program, the KKP's goal is to establish a socialist People's Republic of Kurdistan.^[2] KKP members such as Sinan Çiftyürek have been among the founders of the Freedom and Socialism Party founded in 2011.

The main publication of the KKP is Dengê Kurdistan. The KKP also has a committee in Germany.

References

^ "La problemática del puebo kurdo". www.uv.es.
^ "denge Kurdistan". www.dengekurdistan.com.

External links

Party news website

Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)

Timeline
Map

Turkey

State	Government National Security Council Military Army Air Force Navy Gendarmerie Coast Guard Police MİT Village Guards
Deep state	Counter-Guerrilla Grey Wolves Turkish Revenge Brigade Susurluk scandal Ergenekon JİTEM

Kurdish groups

Insurgent	KCK PKK History People's Defence Forces (HPG) Free Women's Units (YJA-STAR) National Liberation Front of Kurdistan (ERNK) Liberation Forces OF Kurdistan (HRK) People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan (ARGK) Democratic People's Union of Kurdish (YDK) Democratic Society Coordination of Kurdistan (CDK) Free Women's Union of Kurdistan (YAJK) Workers' Women Party of Kurdistan (PJKK) Free Women Party (PJA) Free Women's Party of Kurdistan (PAJK) Women's Liberation Movement of Kurdistan (KJB) Freedom and Democracy Congress of Kurdistan (KADEK) People's Congress (Kongra-Gel) Confederation Community of Kurdistan (KKK) Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan (PŞK) Workers Vanguard Party of Kurdistan (PPKK) TAK KDP/N PJAK KKP Free Youth Movement of Kurdistan (TECAK) Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H) PIK HİK KH (Hüda-Par)
Allies	DHP TDP ASALA (until the late 1980s)
Political	HEP (1990–1993) DEP (1993–1994) HADEP (1994–2003) DEHAP (1997–2005) DTH (2005) DTP (2005–2009) BDP (2008–2014) HDP (2012–present) DBP (2014–present) DEM (2023–present)

The conflict

1974–1984	Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980) Maraş massacre 1980 Turkish coup d'état
1984–1999	1984 PKK attacks Karageçit August 1986 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq Ortabağ March 1987 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq Pınarcık massacre Yeşilova incident Battle of Şırnak 1992 Taşdelen attack Battle of Kulp Operation Northern Iraq May 24, 1993 PKK attack Başbağlar massacre Lice massacre Winter Campaign of 1994–1995 Operation Steel Operation Hawk Operation Tokat 1996 Tunceli bombing Siege of Varto Sazak assault Operation Hammer Operation Dawn Operation Murat 1999 Istanbul bombings Blue Market massacre
1999–2004	2000 Turkish Hezbollah crackdown
2004–2012	2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing 2007 Ankara bombing October 2007 clashes in Hakkâri December 2007 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq 2008 Diyarbakır bombing 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq 2008 Istanbul bombings October 2008 Aktütün attack Reşadiye shooting 2010 İskenderun attack 2010 Hakkâri bus bombing 2010 Istanbul bombing August 2011 Turkey–Iraq cross-border raids 2011 Hakkâri attack Roboski massacre June–August 2012 Hakkari clashes 2012 Gaziantep bombing September 2012 Beytüşşebap attack
2015–present	2015 Siirt bombing Operation Martyr Yalçın 2015 Hakkari assault Siege of Silvan (2015) Şırnak clashes (2015–2016) Siege of Sur (2016) February 2016 Lice bombing February 2016 Ankara bombing March 2016 Ankara bombing March 2016 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq 2016 Bursa bombing May 2016 Dürümlü bombing May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing 2016 Cizre bombing 2016 Elazığ bombing Assassination of Deryan Aktert December 2016 Istanbul bombings 2017 Diyarbakır bombing Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar (2018) 2018 Siirt raid 2018 Gercüş bombing 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria 2020 İskenderun shootout Operation Claw-Eagle 2 Operation Claw-Lock Zakho resort attack 2022 Mersin attack Operation Claw-Sword 2023 Ankara bombing October 2023 Northeastern Syria clashes

Protests

Serhildan	1990 1991 1992 1999 2001 2005 2006 2008 2009 2011–2012 2014
Others	Mothers of Diyarbakır

Peace process
and peace efforts

Kurdish leaders

Insurgent	Abdullah Öcalan Murat Karayılan Cemîl Bayik Bahoz Erdal Mustafa Karasu Duran Kalkan Haji Ahmadi Osman Öcalan Mahsum Korkmaz Şemdin Sakık Nizamettin Taş Mazlum Doğan Muhammad Mustafa Hüseyin Velioğlu Celal Başkale İsmail Özden
Political	Ahmet Fehmi Işıklar Yaşar Kaya Leyla Zana Hatip Dicle Orhan Doğan Ahmet Türk Murat Bozlak Tuncer Bakırhan Aysel Tuğluk Selahattin Demirtaş Nurettin Demirtaş Ayla Akat Ata Gültan Kışanak Pervin Buldan Emine Ayna Sebahat Tuncel Kemal Burkay Fatma Kurtulan Osman Baydemir Sırrı Süreyya Önder

Turkish leaders

Military	Kenan Evren Tahsin Şahinkaya Bülend Ulusu Nurettin Ersin Necdet Üruğ Necip Torumtay Eşref Bitlis Doğan Güreş İsmail Hakkı Karadayı Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu Hilmi Özkök İbrahim Fırtına Faruk Cömert Yaşar Büyükanıt Aydoğan Babaoğlu İlker Başbuğ Işık Koşaner Erdal Ceylanoğlu Necdet Özel Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu
Political	Turgut Özal Süleyman Demirel Bülent Ecevit Ali Bozer Yıldırım Akbulut Mesut Yılmaz Erdal İnönü Tansu Çiller Mesut Yılmaz Necmettin Erbakan Ahmet Necdet Sezer Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Süleyman Soylu

See also

Memorials, monuments and military cemeteries	33 Martyrs Memorial Düzce Military Cemetery Monument of the Martyrs of Internal Security
Other	Iraqi–Kurdish conflict Kurdish separatism in Iran Rojava conflict Kurdish rebellions in Turkey Kurdish refugees Human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey Kurdish villages depopulated by Turkey Turkish war crimes Iraq operations

Kurdish organisations

Armenia

Political parties	Yezidi National Union (ULE)

Iran

Militant organizations	Komala Komalah (CPI) Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDP-I) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle Sipay Rizgari
Political parties	Iranian Call and Reform Organization Kurdish United Front

Iraq

Militant organizations

Political parties

Action Party for the Independence of Kurdistan
Democratic National Union of Kurdistan (YNDK)
Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan (DPAK)
Gorran
Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq
Kurdistan Islamic Group (IGK)
Kurdistan Islamic Movement (IMK)
Kurdish Tribal Association
Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq
Kurdistan Conservative Party
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
Kurdistan Democratic Party – Progressive Front
Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PÇDK)
Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU)
New Generation Movement (NG)
Kurdistan List
Kurdistan Revolutionary Party
Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party (KSDP)
Kurdistan Toilers' Party (KZP)
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
Service and Reform List
Shursh

Lebanon

Political parties	Kurdish Democratic Party Razkari Party

Syria

Militant organizations	Descendants of Saladin Brigade People's Protection Units (YPG) Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Kurdish Front
Political parties	Kurdish National Council (KNC-ENKS) Kurdish Supreme Committee Kurdish National Alliance in Syria (HNKS) Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria (KDP-S) Kurdish Democratic Political Union Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM)