Socialist Republican Party (Turkey)

Socialist Republican Party
Sosyalist Cumhuriyet Partisi
AbbreviationSCP
PresidentGurkan Koc[1]
ChairmanYılmaz Ersezer
Founderİsmail Durna
Founded18 June 2010 (2010-06-18) (as TİKP)
6 December 2021 (2021-12-06) (as SCP)
Split fromWorkers' Party
HeadquartersAnkara, Turkey[2]
Membership (2023)Increase 986[3]
IdeologyScientific socialism[4]
Maoism[5]
Anti-imperialism[4]
Eurasianism[4]
Kemalism[4]
Ulusalism
Political positionLeft-wing
Colours  Red
Website
scp.org.tr
Logo of the Workers' Peasants' Party of Turkey

The Socialist Republican Party (Turkish: Sosyalist Cumhuriyet Partisi, SCP), formerly known as the Workers' Peasants' Party of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye İşçi Köylü Partisi, TİKP),[6] is a Maoist[5] scientific socialist political party in Turkey, which was founded on 18 June 2010 and led by İsmail Durna.[2] The SCP advocates national democratic revolution strategy (Turkish: Millî Demokratik Devrim).

Presidents

As Worker's Peasants' Party of Turkey

Name Start of Term End of Term Time in Office
İsmail Durna 18 June 2010 6 December 2021 11 years, 171 days

As Socialist Republican Party

Name Start of Term End of Term Time in Office
Mehmet Bedri Gultekin 6 December 2021 14 February 2023 1 year, 70 days
Yilmaz Ersezer (by proxy) 14 February 2023 26 October 2024 1 year, 255 days
Gurkan Koc[7] 26 October 2024 Ongoing 299 days

See also

References

  1. ^ "Genel Başkan". SOSYALİST CUMHURİYET PARTİSİ (in Turkish). Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  2. ^ a b "Türkiye İşçi Köylü Partisi" (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Sosyalist Cumhuriyet Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "SCP Program". 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-01-26.
  5. ^ a b "Temel Belgeler | Türkiye İşçi Köylü Partisi". Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  6. ^ "Parti tüzüğü" (PDF) (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı - Sosyalist Cumhuriyet Partisi".