United Communist Party of Turkey United Communist Party of Turkey United Communist Party of Turkey (in Turkish: "Türkiye Birleşik Komünist Partisi") was a political party in Turkey. The leadership of two banned parties Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and Workers Party of Turkey (TİP) announced in 1987 that they had decided to merge and form TBKP. Nihat Sargın (general secretary of TİP) and Yaşar Nabi Yağcı (Haydar Kutlu) (general secretary of TKP) returned to Turkey from exile in Europe with the stated aim to set up TBKP legally. However, they were promptly arrested and imprisoned. In 1988, it was announced that the merger was carried
Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist Istanbul. One MHP member was killed and three injured. The attack was vengeance for the killing of two TKEP/L prisoners. TKEP/L has an organization inside the Turkish prisons, and TKEP/L prisoners have taken part in death fasts mobilized by various revolutionary groups. The youth wing of TKEP/L is called 13 March Young Communist League ("13 Mart Genç Komünistler Birliği"). Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist (in Turkish: "Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi/Leninist") is an illegal communist party in Turkey. TKEP/L was founded on September 1, 1990, following a split in the Communist Labour Party of Turkey (TKEP).