Union of Socialist Forces

{{Infobox political party

| name = Union of Socialist Forces

| native_name = Sosyalist Güç Birliği

| logo = Sosyalist Güç Birliği.png

| colorcode = #A60402

| foundation = 21 August 2022

| dissolution = 28 May 2023

| position = Far-left

| colors = {{Color box|#A60402|border=darkgray}} Red

| country = Turkey

| seats6_title = Metropolitan Municipal Assemblies

}}

The Union of Socialist Forces (Turkish: Sosyalist Güç Birliği) was an electoral alliance in Turkey, formed by Left Party (SOL), Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), Communist Movement of Turkey (TKH) and Revolution Movement (DH) to contest the Turkish general elections in 2023.{{Cite web|title=Sosyalist Güç Birliği kuruldu: 'Bu halk düşmanı rejime son vereceğiz'|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/sosyalist-guc-birligi-kuruldu-bu-halk-dusmani-rejime-son-verecegiz-1971988|access-date=2022-08-24|website=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr|language=tr}} The alliance was made public on the 21 August 2022.{{Cite web|last=Duvar|first=Gazete|date=2022-08-20|title=Devrim Hareketi, Sol Parti, TKP ve TKH 'güç birliğini' ilan etti|url=https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/devrim-hareketi-sol-parti-tkp-ve-tkh-guc-birligini-ilan-etti-haber-1578146|access-date=2022-08-24|website=gazeteduvar.com.tr|language=tr-TR}} The alliance was announced alongside a supporting declaration, signed by 226 Turkish public figures, including intellectuals, authors, trade unionists, artists, lawyers and journalists.{{Cite web|last=Gazetesi|first=Evrensel|title=Sosyalist Güç Birliği kuruluşunu ilan etti|url=https://www.evrensel.net/haber/468513/sosyalist-guc-birligi-kurulusunu-ilan-etti|access-date=2022-08-24|website=Evrensel.net|language=tr-TR}}

It had been stated by members of constituent parties that the Union of Socialist Forces was not merely an electoral alliance. The founding mission of the alliance was to create an independent, non-establishment line for the socialist left in Turkey outside of intra-system politics.{{Cite web|last=Gazetesi|first=Bir Gün|title=Sosyalist Güç Birliği üzerine|url=https://www.birgun.net/makale/sosyalist-guc-birligi-uzerine-400597|website=birgun.net|language=tr-TR}} But according to statements released after the election, the alliance has ended.{{cite web|title=Alper Taş: Seçimler sol-sosyalist hareketlerin havasını bozuyor|url=https://artigercek.com/makale/alper-tas-secimler-sol-sosyalist-hareketlerin-havasini-bozuyor-254467|website=artigercek|access-date=18 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617221843/https://artigercek.com/makale/alper-tas-secimler-sol-sosyalist-hareketlerin-havasini-bozuyor-254467|archive-date=17 June 2023|language=tr|date=18 June 2023}}{{cite web|title=TKP Genel Sekreteri yeni dönem siyasetini açıkladı: Kimileri 'Komünistlerle Kemalistlerin ittifakı' diyor|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/tkp-genel-sekreteri-yeni-donem-siyasetini-acikladi-kimileri-komunistlerle-kemalistlerin-ittifaki-diyor-2117818|website=Cumhurivet|access-date=18 November 2023|language=tr|date=9 October 2023}}

Ideology

In their declaration document, the alliance offered five points as their ideological ground. These points were focused on forced nationalisation and anti-capitalism, societal equality and public ownership, anti-NATO and anti-American international policies, secularism and anti-clericalism, especially against Islamic sects in Turkey, and anti-discrimination in the Turkish society. The USF denoted that the Nation Alliance has "a right-wing, pro-business character" and "will not be able to solve the (real) problems of the country". The Alliance expressed that it was in favor of all peoples living in Turkey living their identities and cultures freely, and that the Kurdish people can express themselves as a people and live their culture and identities freely, but that they must continue their struggle to change Turkey together.{{Cite web|title=Sosyalist Güç Birliği kuruldu: Kürt sorununa yaklaşımı nasıl, HDP neden yer almadı?|url=https://www.rudaw.net/turkish/middleeast/turkey/210820221-amp|archive-date=|access-date=4 December 2022|website=Rûdaw}}

Composition

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!colspan="2"|Party

!Abbr.

!Leader

!Ideology

!Seats in parliament

style="background-color:{{party color|Left Party (Turkey)}}"|

|Left Party
SOL Parti

| SOL

|Önder İşleyen

|Revolutionary socialism
Left-wing populism
Secularism

|{{Composition bar|0|600|{{party color|Left Party (Turkey)}}}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Turkey (modern)}}"|

|Communist Party of Turkey
Türkiye Komünist Partisi

|TKP

|Kemal Okuyan

|Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Hard Euroscepticism
Secularism
Anti-clericalism

|{{Composition bar|0|600|{{party color|Communist Party of Turkey (modern)}}}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Movement of Turkey}}"|

|Communist Movement of Turkey
Türkiye Komünist Hareketi

|TKH

|Aysel Tekerek

|Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Hard Euroscepticism
Secularism

|{{Composition bar|0|600|{{party color|Communist Movement of Turkey}}}}

style="background-color:#E42528"|

|{{Interlanguage link|Revolution Movement (Turkey)|lt=Revolution Movement|tr|Devrim Hareketi}}
Devrim Hareketi

| DH

|Erçin Fırat

|Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Republicanism

|{{Composition bar|0|600|#E42528}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Workers' Party of Turkey}}"|

|Socialist Workers' Party of Turkey
{{Cite web|last=Koçak|first=Turgut|date=19 March 2023|title=TSİP Genel Başkanı Turgut Koçak: 'Türkiye Sosyalist İşçi Partisi olarak seçimlere Sosyalist Güç Birliği (SGB) ile birlikte giriyoruz'|url=https://twitter.com/turgutkocak2009/status/1637735524361183236}}
Türkiye Sosyalist İşçi Partisi

|TSİP

|Turgut Koçak

|Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-Revisionism

|{{Composition bar|0|600|{{party color|Socialist Workers' Party of Turkey}}}}

Supporting parties

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!colspan="2"|Party

!Abbr.

!Leader

!Ideology

!Seats in parliament

style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Republican Party (Turkey)}}"|

|Socialist Republican Party
{{Cite web|last=Sosyalist Cumhuriyet Partisi|date=21 March 2023|title=Sosyalist Cumhuriyet Partisi: 'Sistem İçi Çözüm İddiaları ve Emperyalist Merkezlerin Dayattığı Alternatifler Halkın Sorunlarını Çözmek Bir Yana Katlanarak Büyümesine Sebep Olacaktır.'|url=https://scp.org.tr/sistem-ici-cozum-iddialari-ve-emperyalist-merkezlerin-dayattigi-alternatifler-halkin-sorunlarini-cozmek-bir-yana-katlanarak-buyumesine-sebep-olacaktir/}}
Sosyalist Cumhuriyet Partisi

|SCP

|Yılmaz Ersezer

|National Democratic Revolution
Left-wing Kemalism
Scientific socialism
Hard Euroscepticism
Secularism
Eurasianism

|{{Composition bar|0|600|{{party color|Socialist Republican Party (Turkey)}}}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Workers' Party (Turkey)}}"|

|Revolutionary Workers' Party
{{note|Alpha|α}}{{Cite web|date=24 April 2023|title=14 Mayıs seçimlerinin niteliği ve Devrimci İşçi Partisi’nin tutumu: Nefes almak için sınıf mücadelesi!|url=https://gercekgazetesi1.net/dip-bildirileri/14-mayis-secimlerinin-niteligi-ve-devrimci-isci-partisinin-tutumu-nefes-almak-icin}}
Devrimci İşçi Partisi

|DİP

|Ömer Sungur Savran

|Trotskyism
Revolutionary socialism
Hard Euroscepticism

|{{Composition bar|0|600|{{party color|Revolutionary Workers' Party (Turkey)}}}}