The Workers’ Party of Ireland condemns the repression and aggressive attacks of the Turkish state against the recent protests of the Turkish people. These attacks have caused death and injuries and many Turkish citizens have been arrested for defending their democratic rights. These protests have been provoked by the reactionary ideology and increasingly authoritarian policies of the AKP which has demonstrated its deep hostility towards working people.  

The Workers’ Party recognises that the TKP and the Communist Youth of Turkey have been to the forefront of these struggles, denounces the repression and salutes the hundreds of thousands of people who are demonstrating peacefully for their just economic, social and political demands. We condemn, in particular, the attack to the offices of the Communist Party of Turkey and the attack on the Cultural Centre “Nazim Hikmet” in Istanbul and demand the immediate release of all those who have been arrested.

The Workers’ Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with the people of Turkey and the TKP and the Communist Youth of Turkey in the current period of brutal state repression. We wish to endorse and sign the statement of solidarity signed by the communist and workers’ parties in support of our comrades in the TKP.  

Gerry Grainger

International Secretary and member of the Central Executive Committee

Workers’ Party of Ireland