We are like ships standing against the waves!
Today marks the 105th anniversary of the day we lost the Fifteen — the founding cadres of our party.
Much has unfolded over these 105 years.
They did not live to witness it, but our homeland was liberated from occupation — with the contribution of the Fifteen as well.
Yet this did not last long, exactly as they had foreseen.
Mustafa Suphi and our comrades set out so that our country would not be surrendered to the rule of money or to the missiles of foreign powers. On that very path, they were treacherously murdered.
And later this system have jointly handed over our country, our people, and the Republic to the rule of money and to foreign missiles.
Today, 105 years later, our country is trapped in profound darkness and brutal exploitation. The Republic has been dismantled, and our lands have been opened to imperialist plunder through collaborators.
Now, in the face of this reality, there is no way forward except to carry the struggle — entrusted to us by Mustafa Suphi and the Fifteen — through to victory; no alternative but to free our country from all capitalist plunderers, occupiers, and their collaborators.
The party they founded — our party, the TKP — exists precisely for this purpose.
On the 1st of February, in Ankara, we will commemorate our comrades on the 105th anniversary of their murder by intensifying the struggle, in a manner worthy of them, as thousands come together side by side, “like ships standing against the waves.”
We will keep our promise — to the Fifteen and to the working people of our country. Together, we will lift our country out of this darkness.
