Turkish Communist Party (official)

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Turkish Communist Party (Turkish: Türk Komünist Fırkası), often referred to as the official (resmi) communist party, was a political party in Turkey. TKF was set up by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in October 1920 in order to counter the influence of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP).^[1] The party organ was Anadoluda Yeni Gün.^[2] Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu was the editor of the party organ.^[3]

The Turkish government sent a four members in a delegation led by Tevfik Rüştü Aras, on a mission to establish links with the Soviet government.^[2]

Atatürk disbanded the party after a short existence.^[1]

References

1 2 Donald F. Busky (2002). Communism in History and Theory: Asia, Africa, and the Americas. ISBN 0275977331.
1 2 George Sellers Harris (1967). The origins of communism in Turkey. Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. pp. 82, 84.
↑ Metin Tamkoç (1976). The warrior diplomats: guardians of the national security and modernization of Turkey. University of Utah Press. p. 162.

See also

Communist Party of Turkey (disambiguation), for other groups using similar names

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