Republican Party (Turkey) Republican Party (Turkey) Republican Party () was a former political party in Turkey Republican People’s party (CHP) which is usually credited as the founder of Turkish republic in 1923 was the oldest party in Turkey. But after the party adopted the policy of so-called left of center in the 1960s, two groups of MPs broke away from the party. The first group in 1967 founded the Reliance Party. Republican Party was founded by the second group in 1972. The party was founded on 4 September 1972. The chairman of the Party was Kemal Satır, an ex vice prime minister. But
Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (, TİİKP) was a Maoist communist party in Turkey. TİİKP was founded in 1969 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 publications 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 1978, TİİKP was succeeded by Türkiye İşçi Köylü Partisi ("Workers'