Communist Party of Turkey (current)

The Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP) is a political party in Turkey. It is known as the TKP since changing the name of the party from the Party for Socialist Power (Sosyalist İktidar Partisi, SİP) in 2001.

Election results

 * Turkish general election, 1999: 37,671 votes (0.12%) as Sosyalist İktidar Partisi
 * Turkish general election, 2002: 50,496 votes (0.19%)
 * Turkish general election, 2007: 80,092 votes (0.22%)
 * Turkish general election, 2011: 64,006 votes (0.15%)

In the 2007 election, the party obtained its best result (by percentage) in Ardahan Province on the border with Georgia, where it got 787 votes (1.42%). TKP does not maintain offices in Ardahan.

External links and further reading

 * Türkiye Komünist Partisi Official Website
 * "All plans in Turkey have been disrupted: interview with Turkish communists" interview withKemal Okuyan, chief editor of soL, ("left" in Turkish) with respect to the situation in Turkey at the time of the Rebel Youth June 03, 2013 reprinted from Solidnet.org