Maoist Communist Party (Turkey)

Maoist Communist Party Maoist Komünist Partisi
Abbreviation	MKP
Founder	Cüneyt Kahraman as TKP (M-L) Cafer Cangöz as MKP
Founded	18 April 1994 as TKP(M-L) 15 September 2002 as MKP
Split from	TKP/ML
Youth wing	Maoist Youth Union
Women's wing	Maoist Women's Union
Armed wing	People's Liberation Army People's Partisan Forces
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	HBDH[1]
European affiliation	Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties of the Balkans
International affiliation	RIM (inactive) IFB
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Website
mkp-bim.info
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The Maoist Communist Party of Turkey (Turkish: Maoist Komünist Partisi abbreviated as MKP) is a Marxist–Leninist–Maoist insurgent organization in Turkey. It is the most significant of the Maoist organisations in Turkey; it upholds the legacy of İbrahim Kaypakkaya. It maintains two armed wings: the People's Partisan Forces (Turkish: Partizan Halk Güçleri or PHG) and People's Liberation Army (Turkish: Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu or HKO).^[2] MKP was a part of Revolutionary Internationalist Movement and participated in the Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties of the Balkans.^[3]