People's Liberation Party (Turkey)

The People's Liberation Party (Turkish: Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi, HKP) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Turkey. The HKP is based strongly around Hikmet Kıvılcımlı's ideas and philosophy.[4]

People's Liberation Party
Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi
AbbreviationHKP[1]
ChairmanNurullah Ankut[2]
Founded15 June 2005 (2005-06-15)
HeadquartersAnkara, Turkey
Membership (2023)Increase 1,124[3]
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Socialist patriotism
Anti-imperialism
Left-wing nationalism
Political positionFar-left
Colours   Red, yellow
SloganHalkız, Haklıyız, Yeneceğiz!
(We are the people, We are right, We will prevail!)
Website
www.hkp.org.tr

The party was established on 15 June 2005, the 35th anniversary of the 15–16 June Worker Resistance.[5]

HKP considers itself the political heir of both the Homeland Party,[4] which was founded by Hikmet Kıvılcımlı in 1954, and the first Communist Party of Turkey, which was founded by Mustafa Suphi in 1920.[4]

Hikmet Kıvılcımlı (1902–1971), who was a guerilla commander in the Turkish War of Independence when he was 17, devoted his life to the struggle of the working class, and the HKP is led by his example and political thought and theory.

Nurullah Ankut, a retired philosophy teacher from Konya, has been the head of the party since 2005.[5]

HKP gained the right to participate in elections in the Turkish local elections of 2014, and they received a total of 26,654 votes. HKP participated in the Turkish general elections of June 2015 with 550 candidate from 85 voting section. They received a total of 60,396 votes or 0.13%. In the November 2015 elections the party won 83,057 votes (0.17%).

Election results

General Elections
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Election date Party leader Votes Percentage Seats
2015 June Nurullah Ankut 60.396 0.13% 0 / 550
2015 November 83.057 0.17% 0 / 550

Local elections
Election date Party leader Provincial council votes Percentage of votes Number of municipalities
2014 Nurullah Ankut 26.654 0.08% 0

See also

References
  1. "Parti tüzüğü" (PDF) (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. "Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  3. "Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  4. "KURULUŞ GEREKÇESİ - Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi". www.hkp.org.tr. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  5. "15-16 Haziran Direnişimiz Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi'nin Mücadelesinde Yaşıyor - Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi". www.hkp.org.tr. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
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