Labour Party (Turkey) Labour Party (Turkey) Labour Party (in Turkish: "Emek Partisi", EMEP) is a political party in Turkey. Its chairman is Selma Gürkan. The party was founded as "Emek Partisi" (Labour Party, EP) in 1996. Due to its ban by the Constitutional Court, it was refounded with the name "Emeğin Partisi" (Party of Labour, EMEP), the same year. In 2005, the name "Emek Partisi" was reinstalled after the European Court of Human Rights held the ban was a violation of Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The party defines its ideology as "scientific socialism", referring to Revolutionary Communist Party
Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey also known as "Ekim" after its newspaper) in 1988 and Revolutionary Communist Workers Movement of Turkey (TDKIH) in 1989. After the fall of Socialist Albania TDKP started looking more towards establishing legal structures. "Emek Partisi" (Labour Party) was banned in March 1996 shortly after its foundation. In its place "Emeğin Partisi" (Labour Party) was founded later changing its name to "Emek Partisi" (generally called EMEP) again. TDKP is an active participant in the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations. Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey (, TDKP) is a clandestine communist party in Turkey. TDKP