On Saturday, the 18th of February, a massive event in the Kocatepe Cultural Center of Ankara was held, with the slogan “We are standing up, not to suffocate under rubble once again!
Monday, February 20, 2023
"We will not suffocate under rubble once again!": Large solidarity event by the Communist Party of Turkey held in Ankara
Monday, February 13, 2023
Turkish communist leader Kemal Okuyan assesses the earthquake disaster: "A big storm is brewing"
"The darkness of the AKP along with the market economy based on exploitation and plunder cost the lives of tens of thousands of our citizens , and left millions of people homeless. This is a terrible, unacceptable, revolting situation. There is more. Turkey has become completely open to a new operation of domestic and foreign capital and imperialist centers.
Monday, September 12, 2022
Turkey: Communist Party's 102nd founding anniversary celebrated in Istanbul
Speaking at the opening of the event, the head of TKP Istanbul Provincial Organization Senem Doruk Inam underlined: “We know that we can rebuild this country together. The owners of this country can and will rule this country”.
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Quadripartite meeting of Communist Parties of Greece, Spain, Mexico and Turkey to be held in Athens
The theme of the meeting, which will take place at the KKE Party headquarters in Perissos, is "We strengthen the workers-people's struggle against the imperialist war and capital's attack, for socialism". According to Rizospastis, all the four parties will be represented by their heads. More specifically, the participant comrades are:
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Turkish and Greek communists: "USA and NATO, get out of our neighborhood"!
The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and the KKE, two parties that share a long history of fraternal relations, organized bilateral meetings and joint events in Turkey between 11 and 15 May.
During the week, cadres from the two parties jointly traveled in different provinces, visiting TKP's District Houses and attended in political activities. Communists from the two countries have voiced their demands together, against NATO and US imperialism, against exploitation and capitalist barbarity.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
TKP-KKE: Turkish, Greek communists strengthen joint struggle against imperialism-exploitation
More specifically, TKP will host a delegation of the KKE within the framework of comprehensive program of visits, meetings and political events throughout Turkey, including major cities Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya and Adana.
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
KKE-TKP: Joint statement by Dimitris Koutsoumbas and Kemal Okuyan
Following the meeting, the two leaders signed the following joint statement (in Greek and in Turkish):
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Kemal Okuyan: Who will stop NATO?
“NATO is not an organization, a force, or an alliance system that can be defeated militarily.” We have been stating this since the Russian armies entered Ukraine.
The world’s plunge into ever increasing darkness and the fact that the international working class movement has for a long time been in retreat undoubtedly leads people to despair and the tendency to fall for the first “remedy” they come across.
Sunday, February 6, 2022
Okuyan: "The Communist Party of Turkey will not enter into an alliance with any party of existing social order"
— The Communist Party of Turkey shared the resolutions taken at the extraordinary conference with the press. The title of the conference was declared as “One More Step Further”. What kind of roadmap did you employ while preparing the conference resolutions? What kind of a country did you call the masses for?
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Turkish communists commemorated Mustafa Suphi: Mass events in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir
Events, with both political and cultural programs, took place in the country's three largest cities, Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, with the participation of numerous party members and supporters, soL portal reported.
The event in Ankara was attended by the TKP General Secretary Kemal Okuyan who delivered a speech in memory of Mustafa Suphi and his 14 comrades who were killed in 1921.
Friday, November 26, 2021
Turkish communists lead protests over price rises: "Stand up against expensiveness"
The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) is once again on the forefront of the protests, organizing rallies in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and other cities.
“Our labor is exploited, our country is plundered. Our lives are being stolen with prices that change every day, with increasing bills. We have to resist for our life, for our future. Now is the time to stand up!”, reads a statement by the TKP which calls the working people to mobilize against the governmental policies.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Big rally by TKP in Istanbul: Now is the time for socialism!
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Speaking at the rally, TKP Secretary General Kemal Okuyan said among others: "We are a family, a growing family that fights against lies and exploitation. TKP is acting with great self-confidence at its 101st year, it is spreading and growing. Come and be a part of this struggle, if you are still not in the ranks of the TKP. We are the future of Turkey".
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Large political rally by Greek and Turkish communists held in Lesvos: Socialism is the future!
"The real enemy isn't the neighboring countries, but capitalism, its monopolies and their imperialist alliances", underlined Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the General Secretary of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), during his greeting speech at Sappho Square in Mytilene.
Saturday, July 3, 2021
Greek and Turkish young communists to meet in Lesvos
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Dimitris Koutsoumbas (KKE) and Kemal Okuyan (TKP) |
KNE organizes this year's Anti-imperialist camp in Mytilene, Lesvos, under the slogan: “In Greece and Turkey, the enemy is the same: NATO – governments – capitalism! Socialism is the future!”.
The two-day events will conclude with a large political rally on Saturday 10 July, at 8 pm, at Sappho's Square in Mytilene. A speech will be delivered by Nikos Abatielos, Secretary of the Central Council of KNE.
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Under the Shadow of the Revolution: Berlin, Warsaw, Ankara 1920 — Book by Kemal Okuyan
Originally published in Turkish in 2019, this work does not only analyzes the achievements but also the shortcomings of the communist movement during the rise of the revolutionary wave in the early 20th century.
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Turkey and Covid-19: Interview of TKP General Secretary Kemal Okuyan in "Rizospastis"
Friday, January 24, 2020
Neo-Ottomanism: the political economy of contemporary Turkey
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
"We will change this city, this country": Mass gathering of TKP in Istanbul
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Scientific symposium on Socialism initiated by the Communist Party (TKP) held in Ankara
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