[1] Nihat Sargın (general secretary of TİP) and Yaşar Nabi Yağcı (Haydar Kutlu) (general secretary of TKP) returned to Turkey from exile in Europe with the stated aim to set up TBKP legally.
In 1988, it was announced that the merger was carried out and TBKP formed in a clandestine congress.
In 1990, Sargın and Yağcı were released from prison after a 19-days hunger strike to demand freedom and right to operate legally.
Sargın, Yağcı and their followers finally launched TBKP as a formal political party the same year.
Chairman of TBKP was Nihat Sargın and Nabi Yağcı was the general secretary.