Labour Party of Turkey
former political party in Turkey
The Labour Party of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Emekçi Partisi, abbreviated TEP) was a socialist political party in Turkey, led by Mihri Belli. TEP was founded in 1975, and sought to fill the political void created by the banning of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) in 1971. The party remained a small organization. The leaders of the party were subjected to a lengthy political trial and suffered violent attacks. The party was banned in 1980 for promoting usage of Kurdish language in schools.
Foundation and program
The Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) was banned in 1971. With the March 14, 1974 amnesty for political and trade union activists, many jailed TİP cadres were released from jail. TEP was one of a number of competing initiatives in 1974-1975 to regroup elements of the former TİP into new legal socialist parties - along with Ahmet Kaçmaz's Socialist Workers Party of Turkey (TSİP), Mehmet Ali Aybar's Socialist Party (SP) and Behice Boran's refounded TİP ("İkinci TİP").
TEP was founded on February 12, 1975 by Mihri Belli, a former leader of the Communist Party of Turkey who had returned to the country in 1973. Other prominent founding members of TEP included Vecdi Özgüner, Şaban Ormanlar, Sevki Aksit, Mustafa Özçelik, Halil Oyman, Erol Yüce, Sefer Yılmaz and Faik Kalkavan.
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