Turkish Workers and Peasants Socialist Party
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The Turkish Workers and Peasants Socialist Party (Turkish: Türkiye İşçi ve Çiftçi Sosyalist Fırkası, TİÇSF) was a socialist party founded in Istanbul on 22 September 1919.[1] , Ethem Nejat, Ahmet Akif, Sadrettin Celal, Nafi Atuğ Kansu, Cevat Cevdet and Namık İsmail were prominent members. When Istanbul was militarily occupied by Britain and France the party suspended its activities.
Originally the TİÇSF gave support to Kemal Atatürk. They attended the first congress of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) held in Baku on 10 September 1920, where the TKP was established.[1]
Further reading[]
- Communism in History and Theory by Donald F. Busky, Greenwood Press, 2002
- Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East by Joel Beinin, Cambridge University Press, 2001
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ulus, Özgür Mutlu (2011). The Army and the Radical Left in Turkey: Military Coups, Socialist Revolution and Kemalism. I.B.Tauris. pp. 134. ISBN 9781848854840.
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- Defunct socialist parties in Turkey
- Political parties in the Ottoman Empire
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