We are deeply sorrowed and angry about the attack that happened on Istanbul’s Istiklal Street today, in which 6 citizens lost their lives and 53 were injured. We express our condolences to all our people.
We are against this anti-human attack and against the politics that legitimises such an attack.
Monday, November 14, 2022
Istanbul bomb attack: Statement by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP)
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”.
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Joint Statement of the General Secretaries of the CP of Greece, Mexico, Workers of Spain, Turkey
After the meeting, the General Secretaries of the 4 CPs issued the following statement:
“During our meeting on 8/7/22 in Athens, we had the opportunity to exchange opinions on the developments at international and national level, the situation formed due to the imperialist war in Ukraine, and the multifaceted anti-popular and anti-labour attack under the conditions of the so-called Green transition, of the energy crisis and a possible food crisis, essentially of the impending economic recession and crisis.
Friday, July 8, 2022
Speech by Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the KKE, at the quadripartite meeting of the 8th of July
“Dear comrades,
We are always happy to welcome the delegates of fraternal Communist Parties at the headquarters of the CC of the KKE. All the more so today, after the pandemic, which had limited our in-person multilateral contact.
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:
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Greek, Turkish communists rallied against G7 Summit in Munich
Photo: 902.gr |
With a joint bloc, members and supporters of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) rallied in the German city, waving flags and shouting slogans, such as “no to the bloody redistribution of the world by the imperialists” and “hope lies in the peoples' struggle” (Watch video here).
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Internationalist political event to be held in Greece on Saturday 9 July
Left to right: D. Koutsoumbas, A.Garcia, K.Okuyan, P. B.Cabrera |
Thursday, June 2, 2022
G. Marinos (KKE): The joint struggle of the communists against NATO and the imperialist war
“Dear comrades and friends,
We would like to thank you for the opportunity given to the KKE to participate in today’s event, which is organized by the CP of the Workers of Spain on the 40th anniversary of the accession of Spain to NATO, and to shout out loud our will to strengthen the joint struggle against bourgeois classes, against NATO and all imperialist alliances, against imperialist wars and interventions.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Down with Erdogan's repression: Solidarity to Turkish communists and Gezi Park protesters
Source: haber.sol.org.tr |
On the 9th anniversary of the Gezi Park protests, known as June Resistance, dozens of people were detained following a police attack against protesters in Taksim, Istanbul. Among the detainees are 16 members of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and its youth.
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Communist Parties held anti-NATO event in Madrid
Source: PCTE Twitter |
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.
Monday, May 9, 2022
Communists in Berlin honored the Great Antifascist Victory despite police ban
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):
Friday, March 25, 2022
TKP: Turkey should leave NATO immediately!
"Today, during the NATO Leaders Summit, G7 and EU meetings held in the first month of the Russian Federation’s military action against Ukraine, decisions for more support for Ukraine against possible nuclear and other attacks and new sanctions against Russia were issued.
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 27, 2022
Joint statement by KKE and TKP for the 70 years since the accession of Greece and Turkey to NATO
"Seven decades ago, Greece and Turkey joined the imperialist organization NATO, established by the United States and its Western European allies.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Communist Party of Turkey: "Socialism and not Russian nationalism is the antidote to NATO expansionism"
"Imperialism is an order of destruction and war. For every bourgeois government that tries to get an upper hand for itself in this rotten order and to expand its sphere of influence, it also means that it aims at the oppression of other peoples. The crutches of expansionist policies are nationalism, racism, and chauvinism. This is the meaning of Putin’s statements made yesterday on the recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.
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.