Revolutionary Communard Party

The Revolutionary Communard Party (Turkish: Devrimci Komünarlar Partisi, DKP) is a left-wing political organisation[1][2] founded on 4 February 2016, following the merger of the Liberation Movement and the Turkish Revolutionary Party.

Revolutionary Communard Party

Devrimci Komünarlar Partisi (DKP)
General SecretaryUlaş Adalı
FoundedFebruary 4, 2016 (2016-02-04)
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
National affiliationHBDH
International affiliationBÖG (part of IFB)
Website
https://komunarlar.org/

It is part of the United Freedom Forces and International Freedom Battalion (IFB),[3] participating in the Rojava conflict in the de facto autonomous DFNS territory.[4] The DKP is banned in Turkey due to its alleged affiliation with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) group.[5]

The DKP is allied with the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) and the Kurdish YPG militia, having fought alongside them during both the Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) against ISIL[6] and Operation Olive Branch against Turkey and the TFSA.[7]

On 4 September 2018, the party split into two factions, the DKP/Birlik and the DKP/BÖG, the Birlik faction criticizing the DKP for being "opportunist" and not breaking with the old traditions.[8] Both factions are fighting as a part of the IFB against the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria.[9]

References
  1. "DEVRİMCİ KOMÜNARLAR PARTİSİ". DEVRİMCİ KOMÜNARLAR PARTİSİ (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. Kilpatrick, Connor (27 August 2019). "The Online Left Goes to War". Jacobin. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. "2# List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War October 2016". World in War. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. Aguilar, Alex (June 19, 2018). "The International Freedom Battalion – Alex Aguilar – Medium". Medium. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. "PKK'S REGIONAL FRANCHISE OF TERROR" (PDF). Turkish government. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  6. Sinan Deniz (10 May 2017). "BÖG Chief Commander martyred in Raqqa operation". ANF News. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  7. "Full list of Kurdish YPG foreign fighters killed in Afrin battle (Photos)". AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز. March 30, 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  8. DKP/BÖG (21 June 2019). "İÇERİDE VE DIŞARIDA, DKP'NİN DEVRİM VE BİRLİK EKSENİNİN, SÜRDÜRÜCÜSÜYÜZ! – DKP / Birlik". komunarlar.org. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  9. "The Communist volunteers fighting the Turkish invasion of Syria". Morning Star. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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