"We invite you all to vote for the independent candidates of This Social Order Must Change Platform and raise the flag of socialism in and after the elections"

Communist and workers’ parties from around the world, condemn the Turkish government’s fait accompli, which prevented the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) from running for the elections on June 24 as one of the candidate parties.

"We call on the people of Turkey for refusing to choose between one or another actor of the capitalist order. We invite you all to vote for the independent candidates of This Social Order Must Change Platform and raise the flag of socialism in and after the elections. Do not let the bourgeoisie to hold your future in their hands!" the parties said in a joint declaration.

This Social Order Must Change Platform was established following the call of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) after the government unlawfully prevented the party from participating the elections.

Th parties express their comradely support and solidarity to all independent candidates running for the upcoming elections under the This Social Order Must Change Platform, that have taken the responsibility to serve as the source of hope and voice for the working class of Turkey.

Parties that supported the call till now:

Party for Socialism and Liberation (US)

Communist Party of Albania

Party of Labour of Austria

Communist Party of Brazil

Communist Party of Britain

New Communist Party of Britain

PADS Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism

Communist Party of Denmark

Philippine Communist Party, PKP-1930

Palestinian Peoples’ Party

Palestinian Communist Party

South African Communist Party

Unified Communist Party of Georgia

Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

New Communist Party of the Netherlands

Kurdistan Communist Party (Iraq)

Iraqi Communist Party

TUDEH Party of Iran

Workers Party of Ireland

Communist Party of Ireland

Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain

Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain

Communist Party of Spain

Communist Party of Sweden

Communist Party (Italy)

Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan

Lebanese Communist Party

Communist Party of Luxembourg

Hungarian Workers’ Party

Communist Party of Malta

Communist Party of Mexico

Communist Party of Norway

Communist Party of Pakistan

Communist Party of Poland

Communist Party of Russian Federation

Russian Communist Workers Party

Party “Communists of Serbia”

Syrian Communist Party

Communist Party of Ukraine

Jordanian Communist Party

Communist Party of Venezuela

Communist Party of Greece

New Communist Party of Yugoslavia