Workers Party of Turkey 1987, it merged with the Communist Party of Turkey to form the United Communist Party of Turkey in Brussels. Workers Party of Turkey Workers Party of Turkey ("Türkiye İşçi Partisi") was a Turkish political party, founded in 1961. It became the first socialist party in Turkey to win representation in the national parliament. It was banned twice (after the military coups of 1971 and 1980) and eventually merged with the Communist Party of Turkey in 1987. TİP was founded by a group of labour union members. After a year of inactivity, the founders invited Marxist lawyer Mehmet Ali Aybar to
Maoist Communist Party (Turkey) Turkey. MKP is determined to carry out a "Socialist People's War" in Turkey with its armed wing the People's Liberation Army. In 2013 the Party's 3rd congress established the People's Partisan Forces as a second armed wing. The party has two armed wings: in rural areas Peoples' Liberation Army ("Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu" in Turkish, abbreviated as HKO) and in cities People's Partisan Forces ("Partizan Halk Güçleri" in Turkish, abbreviated as PHG). Maoist Youth Union () is the youth organization of MKP. Maoist Women's Union () - is women's organization of MKP. The party has two periodicals titled "Devrimci Demokrasi" (Revolutionary