Communist Perspective

The real force against the AKP government is on streets

Recent working class resistances in Turkey initiated a pattern change in Turkish politics, which had been shaped by the controversy between the armed forces and Justice and Development Party (AKP) or along ethnic conflicts. For the first time since 2001, the year when AKP came to power, there are significant signs of weakening in the social support base of the reactionary government. This is a critical moment for the future of Turkey and Turkish working class.

The real force against the AKP government is on streets

Recent working class resistances in Turkey a slight pattern change in Turkish politics, which had been shaped by a controversy between the armed forces and AKP or along ethnic conflicts. For the first time since 2001, the year AKP came to power, there are significant signs of weakening in the social support base of this reactionary government. This is a critical moment for the future of Turkey and Turkish working class.

Turkey’s dark mission in Afghanistan

Turkey’s decision of not sending combating troops to Afghanistan should not over shadow the mission Turkey has undertaken from the first day of the invasion and will undertake in the next bloody phase of the war.

Editorial

We want a solution to the Kurdish problem designed in Turkey

The recent solution initiative headed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has heated up the debate on Kurdish issue. The government and the liberal intellectuals supporting the government argue that we are passing through a historical moment because we have not been so close to the solution as we are today. Although the so-called “Kurdish initiative” is not clear in content, they herald a great opportunity hidden in it.

Court case against TKP have been dismissed by the Constitutional Court

The Constitutional Court decided to dismiss the case to dissolve the Communist Party of Turkey, initiated by the former chief public prosecutor Sabih Kanadoğlu. The case against was opened because TKP assumed to violate the law that forbids to found a party with the name “communist”. TKP, which adopted the name in its congress in 2001, had been giving a political and legal struggle against the closure bid.

Editorial

When we say the Kurdish Issue, we must be sincere and keep away from denialism and simplifications.

We have the “Issue of Turkey” in our agenda

Today, the tension that we experience and the polarization that becomes known as the Kurdish Issue are unhealthy. This unhealthiness bears serious problems for our country and our peoples. First of all, the problem must be defined correctly. The problem is not a “terror” problem as some have been suggesting for many years. The problem is neither a “war” or “peace” problem as some others put forward.

Editorial
The pitfalls behind the Kurdish reform

Recently Turkey has witnessed critical developments regarding the Kurdish issue. Just after local elections on March 29, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has started to mention a Kurdish reform. In the meantime, President Abdullah Gül argued that the conditions are ripe for a solution and this statement has triggered a debate on the so-called solution. The spokesmen of the Kurdish movement, who weighed in with the debate from Mount Kandil, Northern Iraq, gave signals of conciliation through their “commission of wise men” proposal; hence new tensions and debates have accelerated over the issue.

Editorial
The Meaning of the Revision in the Cabinet

The Communist Party of Turkey evaluated the cabinet revision, which took place at the beginning of May and pointed out the more pro-American and reactionary character of the new Justice and Development Party (AKP) cabinet.

Editorial

New Ottomanism: A Major Threat to the People of the Region

After the demise of the Soviet Union, imperialism declared that it will not tolerate even minor gestures of independency within the “great Middle East” that covers all regions ranging from Balkans to Central Asia. For the last two decades, under the ideological cloak of “globalization”, imperialists have been claiming that national sovereignty has become antiquated.