TKP / Türkiye Birleşik Komünist Partisi Archives
Period (1958-) 1967-1990
Total size 31.5 m.
Consultation Restricted
Permission required by the IISH and TüSTAV for the entire archive; inv.nos.
1-19, 42-49, 53-66 and 437-439 are closed
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History
Founded on 10 September 1920 in Baku, Azerbaijan; participated in the Turkish national liberation struggle of 1918-1922; its chairman Mustafa Suphi, general secretary Ethem Nejat and 13 of their comrades were murdered by the nationalists on the Black Sea on 28-29 January 1921; forced into illegality during most of its history and faced a large number of mass-detentions; attracted many Turkish intellectuals, among them the poet Nazim Hikmet; weakened by factional disputes over the policy of the COMINTERN and the position of the party towards the Kemalist Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP; Republican People's Party); in the 1950s its activities were mainly limited to those conducted from abroad; started Bizim Radyo (Our Radio) broadcasting from Budapest in 1958; revived in the early 1970s, adopting a new programme; started the radio station TKP'nin Sesi (Voice of the TKP) broadcasting from Leipzig; published the central committee organ Atilim from 1974; hundreds of its members were arrested after the military coup of 12 September 1980; held its 5th congress in October 1983 in Moscow; merged with the Türkiye Işçi Partisi (TIP; Workers Party of Turkey), under the name of Türkiye Birleşik Komünist Partisi, (TBKP; United Communist Party of Turkey) in 1987; upon their return to Turkey the general secretaries of both parties were immediately arrested and detained until 1990; in 1990 a group of founders of the TBKP applied for legal status of the party, but a decision of the Anayasa Mahkemesi (Constitutional Court) prohibited the TBKP in 1991.
Content
Agenda, minutes, delegate lists and other documents relating to the TBKP Yurtdişi Konferansi (Europe Conference) 1987-1990; documents relating to party conferences in various European countries 1987-1990; minutes and other documents relating to meetings of the Central Committee of the TBKP 1988-1989; circulars and letters by the central committee of the TKP and the TBKP 1987-1990; copies of Durum, information bulletin of the TKP (1969-1985); lists of members 1988-1990; letters of members and reports of local party organizations 1987-1990; public statements, correspondence and other documents relating to the return of the TBKP leaders to Turkey 1987-1990; documents relating to education, research and propaganda 1978-1990; manuscripts of daily broadcastings of the radio station TKP'nin Sesi 1967-1987; contributions to Bizim Radyo by Nazim Hikmet 1958-1962; documents relating to solidarity activities with the Devrimci Işçi Sendikalari Konfederasyonu (DISK; Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions), Bariş Derneği (Turkish Peace Committee) and other associations 1980-1989; texts of indictments, defences and other documents relating to lawsuits against the TKP, the TBKP, the Ilerici Gençler Derneği (IGD; Progressive Youth Association), the TIP and other organizations 1971-1990; reports, copies of periodicals and other documents on human rights violations, Kurds and other subjects 1971-1990; documents relating to political parties, organizations and groups 1970-1989; documents relating to Nazim Hikmet 1963-1988.
Processing information
List made by Erhan Tuskan in 1995