Aydemir Güler is a Turkish

Turkish people

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 communist politician and was the leader of Communist Party of Turkey (TKP).

Biography

Güler was born in 1961 in Istanbul

Istanbul

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, Turkey

Turkey

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. He graduated from St. Joseph High School

St. Joseph High School (Istanbul)

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 and Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University

Bogaziçi University

Boğaziçi University is a public university located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. It has five faculties and two schools offering undergraduate degrees, and six institutes offering graduate degrees...

. He worked as an assistant in Faculty of Economics, Istanbul University

Istanbul University

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. He received a M.Sc. degree here.

Political career

He became a founder member of Party for Socialist Turkey in 1992. After the party was banned, he was elected as the new chairman of Party for Socialist Power, founded in 1993. In 2001, Party for Socialist Power changed its name to Communist Party of Turkey

Communist Party of Turkey (current)

The Communist Party of Turkey is a political party in Turkey. It is known as the TKP since changing the name of the party from the Party for Socialist Power in 2001....

 (Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP) and Güler was elected as the chairman of TKP. In the 9th Congress, he quit this post in accordance with the congress decisions for rejuvenation and a political leap forward. 29 year old Central Committee member Erkan Baş replaced him.

As a member of the Political Bureau of TKP, Güler still contributes left-aligned journals, mainly related with TKP, with his articles.

External links

• TKP official website