Dev Sol
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Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi |
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Logo of the Party
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| Abbreviation | DHKP-C |
| Founder | Dursun Karataş |
| Founded | 30 March 1994 |
| Preceded by | Revolutionary Left |
| Headquarters | Unknown (illegal party) |
| Armed wing | DHKC/SPB Silahlı Propaganda Birlikleri |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | None |
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| Website | |
| www.halkinsesitv.org | |
The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (Turkish: Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi or DHKP-C) is a Turkish Marxist–Leninist party. It was founded in 1978 as Revolutionary Left (Turkish: Devrimci Sol or Dev Sol), and was renamed in 1994 after factional infighting. Due to their violent activities,they are classified as a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States, and the European Union.
Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi or DHKP-C is theoretically two related entities, although the authorities consider them a single group. In all cases of Parti-Cephe (Party-Front) names, "Party" refers to the group’s political activities, while "Front" is a reference to a group’s military operations.
The group espouses a Marxist–Leninist ideology and holds an anti-U.S., anti-NATO position. It considers that the Turkish government is under the control of Western imperialism and seeks to destroy this control by violent and democratic means.
It finances its activities chiefly through donations raised in Turkey and Europe.
The group's Istanbul commander, Asuman Akça, was arrested in 2008 on the grounds that she was planning to assassinate Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. She was tried, but the court failed to reach a verdict and since she had been held in custody for four years, she was released pending another trial. Then Akça told the media that she would reveal links between DHKP-C and the Ergenekon organization. Shortly afterwards, she was shot in the head. Her would-be assassin, who has been described as a member of the PKK as well as the DHKP-C and MLKP, told police he had orders from DHKP-C to assassinate Akça because of her plans to reveal the group's links with Ergenekon. Other links with Ergenekon include the discovery in December 2010 of matching bomb-related serial numbers in operations against DHKP-C and against Ergenekon.
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