Communist Labour Party of Turkey (in Turkish: Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi) is an illegal communist party in Turkey. TKEP was founded on May 1, 1980 by the People's Liberation Army of Turkey-United Struggle (THKO-MB). THKO-MB was the pro-Soviet faction that developed out of the crumbles of the original THKO. In modern usage, a Communist party is a political party which promotes communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)  listen; tr. ...

The general secretary of TKEP is Teslim Töre. Töre was jailed in 1993. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

TKEP set-up a 'Kurdish Autonomous Organization'. In 1982 it developed into the Communist Party of Kurdistan (KKP). In 1990 KKP was separated from TKEP. 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1990 TKEP suffered a major split as the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist (TKEP/L) was founded. TKEP/L wanted to continue armed struggle. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

TKEP started entering legal politics. It organized an open movement, Emek, that in 1994 joined the United Socialist Party (BSP), which would later become the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP) in 1996. In effect, through Emek, TKEP acted as a fraction within ÖDP. When ÖDP split in 2002, TKEP joined the new Socialist Labour Movement (SEH). 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Freedom and Solidarity Party (Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi (ÖDP)) is a socialist party of Turkey founded in 1996 as a merger of several left-wing currents. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...