Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Turkey)
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Marxist-Leninist Communist Party
Marksist-Leninist Komünist Partisi |
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| Founded | September 10, 1994 |
| Merger of |
TKP/ML-Hareketi TKİH TKP/ML (YIÖ) |
| Youth wing | Komünist Gençlik Örgütü |
| Women's wing | Komünist Kadın Örgütü |
| Armed wing | Fakirlerin ve Ezilenlerin Silahlı Kuvvetleri |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Hoxhaism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement |
| International affiliation |
International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations International Freedom Battalion |
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| Website | |
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Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (Turkish: Marksist-Leninist Komünist Partisi, abbreviated as MLKP) is an underground Hoxhaist communist party in Turkey.
MLKP was formed in September 1994, through the unification of Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist - Hareketi (TKP/ML-Hareketi) and Communist Workers Movement of Turkey (TKİH). TKP/ML-Hareketi was the larger of the two. Both groups came from the pro-Albanian camp. The unity process of negotiations between the groups had started in 1989. Initially MLKP called itself 'MLKP-Kuruluş' (MLKP-Foundation).
In September 1995, at the first congress of MLKP-K, the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (New Build-Up Organization) (TKP/ML (YİÖ)) merged into the party, and the name was changed to MLKP. Later the same year a split occurred, and the Communist Party - Build-up Organization (KP-İÖ) was formed.
As of 2007, the organisation was listed among the 12 active terrorist organisation in Turkey according to Counter-Terrorism and Operations Department of General Directorate of Security.
The youth wing of MLKP is called the Communist Youth Organization (Komünist Gençlik Örgütü in Turkish, abbreviated as KGÖ).
MLKP maintains an armed wing named Armed Forces of the Poor and the Oppressed (Fakirlerin ve Ezilenlerin Silahlı Kuvvetleri in Turkish, abbreviated as FESK). The group had international exposure at the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus bombing prior to 2004 Istanbul summit where four people were killed. In April 2015, it was announced that MLKP founded a permanent military training centre in PKK-controlled areas of the Iraqi Kurdistan. In July 2015, they attempted bomb attack on Star Media Group (Turkey).
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