[10] Adopting Marxism-Leninism as its guide and reconciling it with left-wing populism, the TİP is against capitalism, imperialism, and all forms of exploitation, oppression and discrimination.

The party embraces progressive values such as laicism and public ownership, and struggles for the preservation and improvement of democratic and civil rights, freedom of organization, assembly, speech and press.

[citation needed] The TİP's aim is to encourage the spread and growth of grassroots organizations in order to strengthen the socialist movement.

During their terms in the parliament, TİP MPs have been vocal about the need for greater democratic reforms in the country and active in addressing social issues affecting the population, such as poverty, corruption, gender inequality, and discrimination against minority groups.

This parliamentary performance, along with grassroots activism, helped to increase the party's visibility, particularly among young people, and led to a surge in popularity.

By 2020, the number of its organizations exceeded the legal threshold required to participate in the elections and it fulfilled all of the mandatory conditions defined in the Law on Political Parties in Turkey.

[31][32] Although the party initially set a target of a 3% vote share in the legislative elections to gain enough seats to form a parliamentary group, it narrowly fell short of this goal.

[citation needed] The chairman, Erkan Baş, the spokesperson, Sera Kadıgil, and Istanbul MP Ahmet Şık were reelected.

Erkan Baş, the leader of the party, stood as a mayoral candidate in Gebze, a strategically significant district in the industrially dense Kocaeli province.

This decision reflected a broader strategy among opposition forces to consolidate votes in areas where a competitive race could otherwise benefit the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) or its allies.

[44] Similarly, the party openly opposes authoritarian regimes and its leaders, such as Russia, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

[45][46] The TİP condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, especially Putin's aggressive expansionist policies and NATO encroachment, calling for peace and avoiding further spread and escalation of the conflict.

[45] The party advocates freedoms, republicanism, democracy and secularism and positions itself against the racist, fascist and sectarian tendencies which became more widespread both in Turkey and in the world.

[52][53] The Workers’ Party of Turkey opposes all foreign interventions of the imperialist actors, especially those targeting Middle East, Caucasus and the Balkans, and aggressive actions participated by the Turkish government as well.

[54] In line with their position, in October 2021, TİP parliamentarians voted against the mandate extending the Turkish military deployment in Syria and Iraq until 2023.