18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention The 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention () took place on 5 and 6 September 2014 in order to elect a leader of the Republican People's Party ("Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi - CHP"), a Turkish centre-left political party. Initially, an ordinary convention was due to be held in 2014, two years after the previous one in 2012. However, the party's incumbent leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu accepted calls for an extraordinary convention to be held following the loss of the CHP's presidential candidate Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu in the presidential election held in August. The ordinary convention will thus
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