Maoist Communist Party (Turkey)

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Maoist Communist Party (Maoist Komünist Partisi in Turkish) is a clandestine communist organization in Turkey. It was founded in 1994 when a faction split from Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist in Turkish, abbreviated as TKP/ML)^[1].

MKP is a part of Revolutionary Internationalist Movement^[2] and participates in the Conference of Communist and Workers’ Parties of the Balkans^[3].

Organisation

The armed wing of the party is named Peoples' Liberation Army (Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu in Turkish, abbreviated as HKO)^[4].

The party has two periodicals titled Devrimci Demokrasi (Revolutionary Democracy) and Sınıf Teorisi (Theory of the Class)^[1].

Designation as a Terrorist Organisation

The organisation is listed among the 12 active terrorist organisations in Turkey as of 2007 according to Counter-Terrorism and Operations Department of Directorate General for Security (Turkish police)^[5].

Human Resources

A study carried out by the Counter-Terrorism and Operations Department of Directorate General for Security over a sample of files about people convicted of being a terrorist under Turkish laws including 826 militants from the organisation and the three other currently active left-wing organisations (see reference 1) 65 % of the members are aged 14 to 25, 16,8 % 25 to 30 and 17,5 % are older than 30. University graduates make up 20,4 % of the members, high school graduates 33,5 %, secondary school graduates 14 %, primary school graduates 29,9 % and illiterates 1,9 % (while they have no sampled literate non-graduate members) ^[6].

External links

• Party website
• A World to Win
• Balkan Conference

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Leftist Parties of Turkey
2. ^ Crime Against Humanity: Turkish Regime Murders 17 Maoist Revolutionaries—revcom.us
3. ^ Balkanconference.com
4. ^ Youtube - Maoist Komünist Partisi-Mkp/Hko
5. ^ TÜRKİYE'DE HALEN FAALİYETLERİNE DEVAM EDEN BAŞLICA TERÖR ÖRGÜTLERİ: http://www.egm.gov.tr/temuh/terorgrup1.html
6. ^ Zaman. 25.12.2007. "Dikkat: Hangi yasadışı örgüte kimler üye olur?". http://www.iyibilgi.com/haber.php?haber_id=47595

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