As emphasized in its program, the Workers’ Party of Turkey is an internationalist, Marxist–Leninist, and working-class party. According to the party program, which begins with a section entitled "The Actuality of Socialism", the aim of the party is the seizing of the political power by the working class and its allies. Party also employs a populist rhetoric against the political establishment and the political elite in Turkey, emphasizing the antagonism between the people and the elite. This antagonism is materialized as "99% against a handful of greedy cronies" by Erkan Baş, as an example. characterized the ideological outlook of the party as a "reconciliation of left-wing populism and Marxist orthodoxy". As a response, party executive member and author Can Soyer concurred that the ideological direction of the party fits into characterization offered by .
