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Communist parties of Turkey and Japan, Friends of Swazi Freedom condemn military aggression against Iran
Smoke rises above Tehran after an air strike -- image via X We Condemn the Trump Administration’s Lawless Attack on Iran and Demand Its Immediate Halt February 28, 2026 Kazuo Shii Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party On the 28th, the Trump administration and Israel launched a large-scale attack against Iran. This is an unlawful preemptive strike that brutally tramples the UN Charter and international law, and we condemn it in the strongest term

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Capitalism is a repulsive social system: Time to face this truth and take sides
Manifesto from the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) A 15-point statement by the TKP Central Committee on the most important current issues facing working people in Turkey — and the path forward: parting ways with the bourgeois class of Turkey Poverty, the cost of living, unemployment; workplace murders, mobbing and injustice; gambling, drugs, harassment, abuse, violence, femicides, corruption—in short, a society in full decay, and a country shaken by earthquakes and fires. The

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Feb 207 min read


Cuba will not be defeated!: TKP
Monument of the Flag of Cuba in Varadero -- Kurayba, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Statement of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) The US blockade imposed on Cuba has never been simply a series of sanctions. The blockade was the name of a comprehensive attack plan carried out by the US to subdue a people who refused to abandon socialism through deception and force. The United States did not merely ban U.S.-based companies from engaging in trade with Cuba, an independen

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Feb 172 min read


Turkish Communists demand justice, accountability for earthquake victims
Image via the TKP We will neither forget nor forgive. We will hold them accountable! - Communist Party of Turkey Three years have passed… According to official figures, which are indeed unreliable, we lost exactly 53,537 citizens in the February 6 (2023) earthquakes; and over 107,000 people were injured. And this happened right before our very eyes. There were so many comprehensive scientific reports prepared; the destruction, losses, and crisis we experienced had all been pr

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Feb 92 min read


Communists honour Liebknecht and Luxemburg in Berlin
Images via the KKE On Saturday January 10, the Communist Party of Greece's (KKE) Party Organization in Germany held an event and discussion in Berlin on the topic: “Lessons from the class struggle in Germany, 1918–1923”. On Sunday January 11, the annual march in memory and honour of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, leading figures of the German revolutionary movement and founders of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), took place in Berlin. The march, first held in 1926,

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Jan 151 min read


Solidarity with Venezuela!
Statements from Cuba, Turkey, India, France, the United States, Ireland, Britain and Scotland. In the wake of the illegal US imperialist attack on Venezuela and the apparent kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, condemnation and outrage have been expressed by Left parties and leaders around the world. Cuba: Turkey: Communist Party of Turkey: TKP General Secretary Kemal Okuyan on the attack on Venezuela : "The United States has begun bo

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Jan 33 min read


Turkish Communists protest in solidarity with Polish comrades
The legal proceedings targeting the Communist Party of Poland continue to be brought to public attention in Turkey by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) which held rallies and protests both before and after the anti-democratic verdict by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal on December 3. The legal proceedings targeting the Communist Party of Poland continue to be brought to public attention in Turkey by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP). On December 1, TKP Organization in Ank

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Dec 12, 20253 min read


The Venezuelan People Shall Not Stand Alone: TKP
Statement by Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) Central Committee addressing the escalating imperialist aggression against Venezuela A new phase of imperialist aggression against Latin America is unfolding through the U.S.-orchestrated threats directed at Venezuela—military escalation, attempts at economic strangulation, and preparations for direct intervention. For years, the imperialist actors have targeted the Venezuelan people’s independence and sovereignty, employing every

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Nov 26, 20251 min read


Salute to the October Revolution: Revolution is Your Right! - TKP
Revolution is Your Right! -- Communist Party of Turkey Today, 700 million people live in extreme poverty, while 3.5 billion more struggle to survive below the poverty line. In contrast, just 3 thousand capitalists now control a total wealth of 16 trillion dollars. Our people, too, suffer deeply from this greatest assault of impoverishment in human history. While millions of workers live below the hunger and poverty thresholds, the ten richest capitalists have increased their

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Nov 7, 20252 min read


PCC events strengthen the unity and cooperation of the international left
The Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) held the Third International Meeting of Theoretical Publications and the First International Granma Rebelde Festival, in which more than 35 leftist parties participated. Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks at the Third International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Leftist Parties and Movements -- image via the PCC By Wennys Díaz Ballaga, translated from the Spanish During the past week, the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) hosted two import

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Oct 21, 20252 min read


PCC holds exchanges with parties from Belarus, Türkiye and Germany
Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and Secretary of Organization, held discussions and signed agreements with representatives of the Belaya Rus party and the Communist parties of Türkiye and Germany. Images via the PCC By Wennys Díaz Ballaga, translated from the Spanish To further the effective implementation of the exchange and cooperation agreement between the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC)

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Oct 20, 20253 min read


Concert in honour of Mikis Theodorakis a comradely gathering of two communist parties and two peoples
Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on the evening of Sunday, September 21, a large gathering and concert...

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Sep 23, 20252 min read


Indian, Turkish and Greek Communists denounce Israeli attacks on Iran
Aftermath of an Israeli strike on Tehran -- Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Communist parties in India, Turkey and...

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Jun 13, 20255 min read


Our People Will Not Kneel, Will Not Bow!: On the 12th anniversary of Gezi, the June Resistance in Turkey
Statement of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) Protests on 6 June, 2013, with the slogan "Do not submit" -- Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA...

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Jun 2, 20252 min read


We Do Not Kneel To Capitalists or Tyrants! This Is Our Call for May Day: TKP
We Do Not Kneel To Capitalists or Tyrants! This Is Our Call for May Day - Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) We are living through hard...

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May 1, 20252 min read


Workers Party of Ireland on the situation in Turkey
At a Central Executive Committee meeting of the Workers Party of Ireland, which took place at the weekend, the current situation in...

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Apr 16, 20252 min read


"The working class will reclaim the wealth it has created": Turkish Communists to billionaires
Letter from the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) to the 35 Capitalists from Turkey Listed Among the World’s Billionaires TKP had issued a...

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Apr 15, 20253 min read


We will not kneel!: TKP on recent developments in Turkey
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) has released a statement regarding recent political developments in the...

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Apr 7, 20255 min read


NATO has left behind a trail of war crimes, coups and massacres: TKP
Communist Party of Turkey on the 76th anniversary of NATO On its 76th anniversary, we do not forget “NATO within our country”: The real...

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Apr 4, 20252 min read


Solidarity with the Communist Party of Turkey!
Statements from Austria, Canada, the Netherlands and Palestine. Communist parties in Canada, the Netherlands, Austria and Palestine are...

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Mar 27, 20254 min read
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