Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (, TİİKP) was a Maoist communist party in Turkey. TİİKP was founded in 1969 by the ("Proletarian Revolutionary Enlightenment") group that had broken away from DEV-GENÇ ("Revolutionary Youth"). The chairman of TİİKP was Doğu Perinçek. TİİKP was an illegal party. The central publications of the party were and ("Dawn"). In 1972, İbrahim Kaypakkaya and others broke with TİİKP and formed ("Communist Party of Turkey (Marxist-Leninist)"). In 1978, TİİKP was succeeded by ("Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey" or TİKP). TİKP later became a legal party and became ("Socialist Party" or SP). In 1992, ("Workers' Party" or İP) was formed as a continuation of TİKP and SP. In 2015 Workers' Party changed its name to Patriotic Party. See also List of illegal political parties in Turkey References Defunct Maoist parties Political parties established in 1971 Defunct communist parties in Turkey Banned political parties in Turkey Banned communist parties Economic history of Turkey Maoist organizations in Turkey