Socialist Refoundation Party

Socialist Refoundation Party (Turkish: Sosyalist Yeniden Kuruluş Partisi, SYKP) is a Marxist–Leninist and socialist feminist political party in Turkey. It was founded on 24 June 2013 as a merger of far-left factions Social Freedom Party Initiative, Workers' Socialist Party, Socialist Future Party Initiative, and the Movement for Socialist Unity.[5] Latter, Social Freedom Party Initiative broke away from the SYKP foundation process and later evolved into Social Freedom Party. Party has a tri-coloured star as its logo, red representing socialism, purple for feminism and green for environment.

Socialist Refoundation Party
Sosyalist Yeniden Kuruluş Partisi
AbbreviationSYKP
LeaderFeray Yılmaz Mertoğlu
Mertcan Titiz
Founded24 June 2013
HeadquartersOlgunlar Sokak No: 2/11 Bakanlıklar Çankaya, Ankara
Membership (2024)Decrease 410[1]
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationPeoples' Democratic Congress
International affiliationProgressive International[4]
ColoursRed, Purple, Green
Website
https://sykp.org.tr/

The party is one of the participants in the People's Democratic Congress (HDK), a political initiative instrumental in founding the Peoples' Democratic Party in 2012.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Sosyalist Yeniden Kuruluş Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  2. ^ SYKP (12 February 2024). "5. Olağan Kongremizi Tamamladık: Faşizme Karşı Demokrasi, Kapitalizme Karşı Sosyalizm!". SYKP (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Socialist Refoundation Party (SYKP)". Progressive International. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Members". Progressive International. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. ^ Sosyalist Yeniden Kuruluş Partisi (SYKP) kuruldu
  6. ^ HDK Bileşeni Kurumlar