The Communal Liberation Party (, TKP) was a left-wing political party in

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...

History

The TKP was established in 1976 by Alpay Durduran.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p109 It won six of the 40 seats in the

1976 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1976. Africa * 1976–1977 Guinea-Bissau legislative election * 1976 Malawian general election * 1976 Mauritanian presidential election * 1976 Tiris El Gharbiya parliamentary by-election (Mauritan ...

to the National Council, and 13 seats in the

1981 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1981. Africa * Central African Republic presidential election * Djiboutian presidential election * Egyptian presidential confirmation referendum * Rwandan parliamentary election * South African ...

. International he

1985 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1985. Africa * 1985 Cape Verdean parliamentary election * 1985 Gabonese legislative election * 1985 Ivorian parliamentary election * 1985 Ivorian presidential election * 1985 Lesotho general elect ...

, the party was reduced to ten seats, as the National Council became the Assembly of the Republic and was increased in size to 50 seats. In the 1990 elections the TKP allied with the Republican Turkish Party and the New Dawn Party to run as the Party for Democratic Struggle. After losing the elections to the ruling National Unity Party, TKP MPs boycotted the Assembly, claiming that

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had putting money into the election campaign to support the government.December's Parliamentary Elections In Northern Cyprus: Before And After (Aug 03)
ERPIC In the 1993 elections, the party won five seats, and it gained a further two seats in the

1998 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1998. Africa * 1998 Burkinabé presidential election * 1998 Central African parliamentary election * 1998 Gabonese presidential election * 1998 Guinean presidential election * 1998 Lesotho general elect ...

. For the 2003 elections the party ran as part of the Peace and Democracy Movement,Mete Hatay (2005
Beyond Numbers: An Inquiry into the Political Integration of the Turkish ‘Settlers’ in Northern Cyprus
PRIO Report which won six seats. The TKP then ran independently in the 2005 elections, but failed to win a seat. In May 2007 it merged with the Peace and Democracy Movement to form the Communal Democracy Party.

References

Cypriot nationalism Defunct political parties in Northern Cyprus Political parties established in 1976 Political parties disestablished in 2007 {{NCyprus-stub