INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN OF 2016 No: 4 COMMUNIST PARTY, TURKEY (KP)

The Communist Party, Turkey (KP) accelerated its struggle by focusing on You cannot the ultimate power of the working class. deposit Nazım's KP declared that, the 1st of May of the year 2016 would become a day of legacy in a unity, solidarity and struggle, where the working class takes position bank! against the fundamentalism and exploitation, dared the imperialist thieves and inhumane powers.

Before the May Day, the communist workers released a statement daring Erdoğan and declaring their dedication to the struggle against fundamentalism, capitalism and imperialism.

The highlights of the statement which was presented by Ozan Communist Party, Turkey (KP) came out Incedere, a metal worker, At the strongly against OPEL company event of the KP on 17th April, 2016, There are are as follows: immediately after the publication of an advertisement using and distorting I am the worker, you are the boss. workers Nazım's lyrics. If I am not taken into account although I am a majority, it is your The CC of the KP released a statement fault. in this protesting the OPEL company for their abuse of communist poet Nazım Hikmet's legacy. I am the one who creates and produces, you are the one who country! "...Our communist poet's legacy cannot be takes under possession. deposited in banks or kept in safe boxes. That ... legacy can only be saved forever with the I am the one who created all the values of life using my mind and reason and the labour of the communists..." my body. wrote the statement. You are a parasite. You are exploiting my knowledge and my The statement of the CC of KP ended as creativity. You are claiming my production. follows: You are a thief. You are stealing my labour. … "We rigorously warn you. I am the creator, the producer. You are the governor.st lie is that I Those ads will be removed immediately. An do not exist. apology will be delivered to the poet himself, to the working class and the people of the world You opened the way to fundamentalism. which he devoted his existence, his work, his reason and his life, to the communist movement You are a thief and a murderer. Not finding a better representative which he was part of with his whole entity." from AKP is because you suit to Erdoğan.

OPEL had removed the ad in question from its You are a liar while I have the duty to tell the truth. social media accounts after KP’s strong reaction which mounted a quick campaign of Your biggest lie is that I do not exist. protest. Though, I do exist. In this country there are workers. This country has a working class. We exist. Similarly, back in 2002 after the YKY publication company had declared material rights over The truth is in my, in our side. You stand on the lies. Nazım Hikmet's works, the communists had objected strongly and had published Nazım's The truth always stands above the lies. works as the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP). The truth beat the bosses.” INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN OF 2016 No: 4 COMMUNIST PARTY, TURKEY (KP) The working class is strong with its Party

The Communist Party, Turkey (KP) celebrated the May Day, on the days when it struggles to build the future in a country where a fundamentalist darkness prevails. KP had released a call addressing the working class to join the Party ranks against the fundamentalists, imperialists, capitalists, dictator scraps.

Responding to its call, masses gathered at the Communist Party ranks at İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Samsun, Eskişehir, Edirne, Çanakkale and Mersin.

At the May Day meetings in 2016, the Communist Party, Turkey (KP) received the outcomes of the recent political work in expanding the organization. The KP corteges were the largest at the May Day meetings in all the cities where they participated.

The KP was also represented in Germany and other cities of Europe on May Day celebrations.