Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey

Türkiye İhtilâlci İşçi Köylü Partisi (Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey), a Maoist communist party in Turkey. TİİKP was founded in 1971 by the Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık (Proletarian Revolutionary Enlightenment) group, that had broken away from Dev-Genç (Revolutionary Youth). The chairman of TİİKP was Doğu Perinçek. TİİKP was an illegal party.

The central publication of the party were Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık and Şafak (Dawn).

In 1972 İbrahim Kaypakkaya and others broke with TİİKP and formed Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist (Communist Party of Turkey (Marxist-Leninist)).

In 1974 TİİKP is succeeded by Türkiye İşçi Köylü Partisi (Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey). TİKP later became a legal party. In 1992 İşçi Partisi (Workers Party) was formed as a continuation of TİKP.

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