Turkey's communists met with TKP friends and members at the Nâzım Hikmet Cultural Center in Ankara on Sunday.
The meeting, which was held to celebrate the 99 years after the establishment of TKP, started with the speech of Devrim Koçak, TKP Ankara Provincial Head.
Koçak noted that TKP was set out as one of the newest members of that big family, under the conditions in which the working class, which seized the wind of the October revolution, sought and forced the revolution all over the world 99 years ago.
"99 years ago, our comrades, like all other communists, had the duty to seek revolution in their own country and to make Soviet power permanent. 99 years ago, our comrades started their fight by looking at their party, the country, and the world, saying 'We are ready'," he added.
Following Koçak's speech, a video demonstrating TKP's 99-year history in the struggle was showed.
Taking the floor after the video, TKP Secretary-General Kemal Okuyan said "100 years ago, humanity missed the opportunity to get rid of all these troubles and the heavy tragedies that it would face later. After 100 years, we are discussing how to take advantage of the opportunity, how not to condemn humanity to darkness, and we are fighting for it."
"TKP doesn't say like others "let's breathe a little, get some peace, get some freedom". Not because they are bad things, but because it's impossible. TKP persistently says that we have missed the chance to overthrow this order of exploitation 100 years ago, now we should not do the same thing. That's why we insist," Okuyan added.
