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Socialist Party (Turkey)
The Workers' Party (İP) () was a Turkish political party founded in 1992 and led by Doğu Perinçek. It had its roots in the Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (TİİKP), the Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (TİKP), and the Socialist Party (SP), which was banned by the Constitutional Court in 1992. They were known as "''Aydınlıkçılar''" (Clarifiers) due to their daily newspaper ''Aydınlık'' ("Clarify" or "Enlightenment") which had a circulation of 63,000 in 2012. During a general assembly on 15 February 2015, the Workers' Party rebranded and changed its name to Patriotic Party. Perinçek remained as leader. Overview The İP traditionally combined Maoist rhetoric with hard-line, left-wing Kemalism called ''ulusalcılık''. The party accepted scientific socialism as their main ideology, combined with more of a patriotic core than other left-wing parties in Turkey. Their revolutionary ideals were based on the "National Democratic Revolution", close ...
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