Socialist Unity Party (Turkey)

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Socialist Unity Party
Sosyalist Birlik Partisi
Leader Sadun Aren
FounderSadun Aren
FoundedJanuary 15, 1991 (1991-01-15)
BannedJuly 19, 1995 (1995-07-19)
Preceded by United Communist Party of Turkey
Headquarters Ankara [1]
Ideology Socialism

The Socialist Unity Party (Turkish : Sosyalist Birlik Partisi, abbreviated SBP) was a political party in Turkey. The party was founded on January 15, 1991. It was headed by Sadun Aren, a former university professor. [2] The party was largely a successor organization of the banned United Communist Party of Turkey (TBKP). [3] SBP held its first party congress in Ankara in May 1992. [4]

The party was banned on July 19, 1995. [5] [6] The remains of the party merged into the United Socialist Party (BSP). [3]

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  2. ↑ Tachau, Frank. Political Parties of the Middle East and North Africa . Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1994. p. 600
  3. 1 2 Political Handbook of the World : 1999: Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations As of March 1, 1999 or Later : (with Major Political Developments Noted Through June 1, 1999) . Binghamton, N.Y.: CSA Publications, 1999. p. 990
  4. ↑ Sosyalist Birlik Partisi. Genel Yönetim Kurulu çalışma raporu: 1. kongre, 2 - 3 Mayı 1992 , Ankara. 1992.
  5. ↑ Human Rights Watch. Turkey: Violations of Free Expression in Turkey . New York: Human Rights Watch, 1999. p. 101
  6. ↑ Yildiz, Kerim, and Susan Carolyn Breau. The Kurdish Conflict: International Humanitarian Law and Post-Conflict Mechanisms . Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, England: Routledge, 2010. pp. 9, 274


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