The Socialist Unity Party ( tr, Sosyalist Birlik Partisi, abbreviated SBP) was a

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. The party was founded on January 15, 1991. It was headed by

Sadun Aren Sadun Aren (19 March 1922 – 8 March 2008) was a Turkish academic and politician. He was one of the cofounders of Workers' Party of Turkey and of the leading figures of socialist movement in Turkey. Early life and education Aren was born on 19 ...

, a former university professor. The party was largely a successor organization of the banned United Communist Party of Turkey (TBKP).
Political Handbook of the World : 1999: Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations As of March 1, 1999 or Later : (with Major Political Developments Noted Through June 1, 1999)
'. Binghamton, N.Y.: CSA Publications, 1999. p. 990 SBP held its first party congress in

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in May 1992. The party was banned on July 19, 1995.Yildiz, Kerim, and Susan Carolyn Breau.
The Kurdish Conflict: International Humanitarian Law and Post-Conflict Mechanisms
'. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, England: Routledge, 2010. pp. 9, 274 The remains of the party merged into the United Socialist Party (BSP).

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