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Communist Party of Turkey

Türkiye Komünist Partisi - TKP

Presentation of the TKP
Flags of the TKP seen in anti-war demonstrations, March 2003
Flag of the TKP seen in the 1st May 2003 rally

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Presentation of the TKP

The Communist Party of Turkey was founded in 1993 as the Party of Socialist Power (Sosyalist İktidar Partisi). The present name was adopted in 2001, during the 6th Congress of the party. The party emblem remained the same as before the name change. The party flags must have looked almost the same before the name change, except the acronym of the party.
More detailed history of the Communist Party of Turkey and its founding can be seen on the TKP website.

Tomislav Todorović, 8 April 2005

Flags of the Turkish Communist Party seen in anti-war demonstrations, March 2003

Different flags of the TKP - Images by Jorge Candeias, 27 March 2003

Different flags were used by the TKP in demonstration against war in Iraq in March 2003. All of these flags are mostly red, include the emblem of the party, made of a partial cog wheel, a hammer and a small star, and the acronym of the party.

Jorge Candeias, 27 March 2003

Flag of the Turkish Communist Party seen in the 1st May 2003 rally

Another flag of the TKP - Image by Tomislav Todorović & Mladen Mijatov, 8 April 2005

Along with different flags with golden emblem on red field, the participants of the rally were carrying the flags with the party emblem in red, placed on the top of a wide golden vertical stripe. The stripe is placed in the hoist, close to the edge but not along it. According to the images seen on the party website (no longer available online), this flag contains no inscriptions.

Tomislav Todorović, 8 April 2005