Worker-communist Party of Kurdistan
Worker-communist Party of Kurdistan حزبی کۆمۆنیستی کرێکاریی کوردستان | |
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| Chairperson | Osman Hajy Marouf |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Split from | Worker-communist Party of Iraq |
| Headquarters | Suleymaniyah |
| Ideology | Marxism Workerism Communism Third camp |
| Influenced by | Mansoor Hekmat |
| Website | |
| hkkurdistan.org | |
The Worker-communist Party of Kurdistan (Kurdish: حزبی کۆمۆنیستی کرێکارییکوردستان, romanized: Hizbî Komonîstî Krêkarî Kurdistan) is a Marxist political party in Iraqi Kurdistan. The party was established in March 2008 when the Kurdistan branch of the Worker-communist Party of Iraq was formed into a separate party. The groups that had formed the Worker-communist Party of Iraq in 1993 had established a presence in Silêmanî after the 1991 Iraqi uprisings in the form of workers' councils, which were only short-lived though. It succeeded to establish an office in Erbil, but attempts to organize in Badînan largely failed due to pressure from the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
The party is currently led by Osman Hajy Marouf. It is a sister party of the Worker-communist Party of Iraq and previously WPK had a good relations with Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist.
The party's main office is in the Suleymaniyah city. The party is also very active among Iraqi Kurdish exiles; its head of abroad committee is based in the UK. It also has branches in Australia, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Turkey. The party has never taken part in an election for the Kurdistan Region Parliament.
WPK produce a newspaper twice a month, called October. It also has a radio station, called Radio Peshang.