Revolution

Kemal Okuyan was born in 1962. He attended primary and middle school in Ankara and completed high school in İzmir. He is a graduate of the department of Political Science at Bosporus University. He worked in the youth organization of Worker’s Party of Turkey (Türkiye İşçi Partisi-TİP) between 1976-1978. He took part in the launching of Sosyalist İktidar (Socialist Power) magazine in 1979 and Gelenek (Tradition) journal in 1986. He was the vice chairman in the founding of Party for Socialist Turkey (Sosyalist Türkiye Partisi – STP) in 1992, and of Party for Socialist Power (Sosyalist İktidar Partisi – SİP) after STP was shut down by the Constitutional Court. After SİP took on the name Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Komünist Partisi – TKP) he assumed various responsibilities in the party. His works were published in numerous magazines and newspapers. Presently he is a regular contributor to soL News Portal and Gelenek journal. His published books are: First Years of Soviet Foreign Policy, The Book for “What is to Be Done?” Followers, Understanding Stalin, Socialism’s Search of Power in Turkey, Anti-Theses on the Dissolution of Soviet Union, The Left Caught Between Ergenekon and AKP, Trial of Patriotism of the Turkish Left, A Dose of Reminder: Liberal Delusions in AKP’s Turkey and Under the Shadow of the Revolution. He is presently the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkey.