Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey) (in Turkish: ''Bolşevik Parti (Kuzey Kürdistan-Türkiye)'', abbreviated BP(KK-T)) is a clandestine communist organization in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. It was founded as the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (Bolshevik) in 1981, following a split from the

Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a so ...

. Although having the denomination "Kurdistan" in its title the party is not a Kurdish nationalist organisation, instead it follows the

Leninist Leninism is a political ideology developed by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party as the political prelude to the establishm ...

concept of the ''brotherhood of peoples''.

History

was established in 1972 by

İbrahim Kaypakkaya İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1949 – May 18, 1973) was a Turkish communist revolutionary, who was an important leader of the communist movement in Turkey and the founder of the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML). He is revered by many to ...

who was a former member of the

Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye İhtilâlci İşçi Köylü Partisi, TİİKP) was a Maoist communist party in Turkey. TİİKP was founded in 1969 by the ''Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık'' ("Proletarian Revolutionary ...

. Following the military memorandum of 1971 the Turkish government cracked down the communist movement in Turkey. Kaypakkaya and several of his colleagues were arrested. The party machinery was destroyed. Kaypakkaya died in prison in 1973 because of

torture Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons such as punishment, extracting a confession, interrogational torture, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. definitions of tortur ...

. Between 1973 and 1978 the disfragmented party re-organized. The first party congress took place in 1978 (''TKP/ML I. Kongresi'' in Turkish). In 1981 the second congress was organized (''TKP/ML II. Kongresi''). Between 1978 and 1981 the party circles were deeply involved in ideological discussion and carried out contacts with their German and Austrian counterparts. Two different lines, conceived as the

bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

and the menshevik, appeared. According to the bolshevik side the mensheviks, despite being a minority, carried out secret meetings and gained the control of the party. As a result, the bolsheviks decided to split up and established the Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey).

Statute

The statute (also called organisational rules) of the party regulates membership, the organisation principle of democratic centralism, party structure, party discipline and the financial resources of the party.

Activities

Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey)'s final target is carrying out a revolution in Turkey. However the party does not seem to ever have the capacity to reach that target. Its political activities are limited to organising demonstrations and carrying out propaganda. The party considers itself part of the international communist movement and participates in International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations. It gives a special importance to organising women. The organisation is critical of the so-called death fasts carried in protest to changing conditions in Turkish prisons because of tactical reasons. According to its website the party has three periodical publications: ''Bolşevik Partizan'' (Bolshevik Partizan), ''Sterka Bolşevik'' (in Kurdish) and ''Bolşevik Devrim'' (Bolshevik Revolution). The organisation has also published eight book/booklets and some special issues of ''Bolşevik Partizan'' dedicated to specific issues.

Terrorist Status

Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist, from where Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey) has split, is listed among the 12 active terrorist organisations in Turkey according to Counter-Terrorism and Operations Department of Directorate General for Security (

Turkish police The General Directorate of Security ( tr, Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü) or Turkish Police Service ( tr, Türk Polis Teşkilatı) is the national civilian police force responsible for law enforcement of the Republic of Turkey, which is affiliated w ...

). That party has an armed wing named Turkish Workers' and Peasants' Liberation Army (''Türk İşci ve Köylü Kurtuluş Ordusu'', abbreviated as ''TİKKO''). However the Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey) itself has no such wing and is not on the list.TÜRKİYE'DE HALEN FAALİYETLERİNE DEVAM EDEN BAŞLICA TERÖR ÖRGÜTLERİ:

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