We hereby share a statement issued by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (CC-PB) of the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML).


Our Working People of the Turkish and Kurdish Nations and of Various Nationalities,

U.S. imperialism and Zionist Israel have launched an attack on Iran once again with their full power and resources, following the 12-Day Wars. U.S. imperialism is acting to reorganize the world in a way that serves its own interests without war, or through the option of war. While Trump proclaims himself the “President of Peace,” he renders the old rules and institutions dysfunctional in order to reestablish the balance of power in the world. The system at the head of which U.S. imperialism stands cannot overcome its deep economic crisis. This situation makes it more politically and militarily aggressive. On one hand, it tries to politically design Latin America, which it considers its backyard; on the other hand, it seeks to compress the historical Western alliance while undermining it. At the same time, while pursuing peace over Russia and Ukraine, it takes measures to reduce the influence of Russian imperialism from the Caucasus to the Middle East and Africa. It has focused all of its economic, political, and military concentration on the Pacific‑Asia. The U.S. has clearly identified China as its principal rival and designated it as the region where contradictions are intensifying. The aggression toward Venezuela and Iran, the threats directed at Cuba, Pakistan’s declared war on Afghanistan, the pursuit of peace in the Russia‑Ukraine war, the effort to bury the cause of Palestine, the attempt to hand over the Kurdish nation into the protection of Turkish dominators, and the alliance sought—all of these are not independent from the U.S.’s struggle with rival imperialist powers.

U.S. imperialism seeks to consolidate its hegemony in the Middle East by supporting dominant regimes and nations against the peoples and oppressed nations. In particular, it aims to reshape the entire region economically, militarily, and politically by using its vassals Turkey and Israel as two principal forces. While profound changes are targeted in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and Iran, the entire region is being approached in accordance with the new configuration required by these profound transformations. While this transformation focuses on the reorganization of the Middle East, it is based on relying on dominant and loyal powers in accordance with the essence of the imperialist economic‑political system. In this context, it is certain that the anticipated changes will not benefit the oppressed peoples. Expecting anything from imperialism in favor of oppressed nations, and relying on it, will produce no outcome other than the continuation of conditions of slavery or, at most, their “amelioration.”