Revolutionary Communard Party

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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/

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.

The DKP 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[edit]

  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. Archived from the original on 30 March 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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