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{{Short description|Former political party in northern Cyprus}}
{{About||the party founded in 2016|Communal Liberation Party New Forces}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Communal Liberation Party
| native_name      = Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi
| logo             = [[File:Communal Liberation Party logo.jpg|200px]]
| colorcode        = {{party color|Communal Liberation Party}}
| leader           = Alpay Durduran
| foundation       = 1976
| ideology         = [[Social democracy]]
| country          = Northern Cyprus
| abbreviation     = TKP
| dissolved        = May 2007
| merged           = [[Communal Democracy Party|TDP]]
| position         = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
}}

The '''Communal Liberation Party''' ({{Langx|tr|Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi}}, '''TKP''') was a [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] political party in [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Northern Cyprus]].<ref>Papadakis, Y, Peristianis, N, & Welz, G (2006) Divided Cyprus: Modernity, History, and an Island in Conflict, p80</ref>

==History==
The TKP was established in 1976 by [[Alpay Durduran]].<ref name=VM>Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p109 {{ISBN|0-313-23804-9}}</ref> It won six of the 40 seats in the [[1976 Northern Cyprus general election|1976 elections]] to the [[Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)|National Council]], and 13 seats in the [[1981 Northern Cyprus general election|1981 elections]]. In the [[1985 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election|1985 elections]], the party was reduced to ten seats, as the National Council became the [[Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)|Assembly of the Republic]] and was increased in size to 50 seats.

In the [[1990 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election|1990 elections]], the TKP allied with the [[Republican Turkish Party]] and the [[New Dawn Party]] to run as the Party for Democratic Struggle. After losing the elections to the ruling [[National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)|National Unity Party]], TKP MPs boycotted the Assembly, claiming that [[Turkey]] had putting money into the election campaign to support the government.<ref>[http://www.erpic.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112:decembers-parliamentary-elections-in-northern-cyprus-before-and-after-aug-03&catid=50:working-papers December's Parliamentary Elections In Northern Cyprus: Before And After (Aug 03)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308233448/http://www.erpic.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112:decembers-parliamentary-elections-in-northern-cyprus-before-and-after-aug-03&catid=50:working-papers |date=2014-03-08 }} ERPIC</ref>

In the [[1993 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election|1993 elections]], the party won five seats, and it gained a further two seats in the [[1998 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election|1998 elections]]. For the [[2003 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election|2003 elections]] the party ran as part of the [[Peace and Democracy Movement]],<ref name=MH>Mete Hatay (2005) [http://www.prio.no/Global/upload/Cyprus/file46909_beyond_numbers_report.pdf Beyond Numbers: An Inquiry into the Political Integration of the Turkish ‘Settlers’ in Northern Cyprus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311223439/http://www.prio.no/Global/upload/Cyprus/file46909_beyond_numbers_report.pdf |date=2014-03-11 }} PRIO Report</ref> which won six seats. The TKP then ran independently in the [[2005 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election|2005 elections]], but failed to win a seat.

In May 2007, it merged with the [[Peace and Democracy Movement]] to form the [[Communal Democracy Party]].

==References==
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{{Northern Cyprus political parties}}

[[Category:Cypriot nationalism]]
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Northern Cyprus]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1976]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2007]]


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