Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist | |
Native Name: | Turkish: Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi/Leninist |
Colorcode: | Red |
Leader: | Unknown |
Split: | Communist Labour Party of Turkey |
Ideology: | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
Position: | Far-left |
Wing1: | Leninist Gerila Birliği |
Wing1 Title: | Armed wing |
Wing2: | 13 March Young Communist League |
Wing2 Title: | Youth wing |
National: | Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement[1] |
Headquarters: | None (illegal organisation) |
International: | International Freedom Battalion World Anti-Imperialist Platform[2] |
Flag: | File:TKEP-L Flag.svg |
Website: | TKEP/L website |
State: | Turkey |
The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist (Turkish: Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi/Leninist) is an illegal communist party in Turkey. TKEP/L was founded on September 1, 1990, following a split in the Communist Labour Party of Turkey (TKEP).
Whereas TKEP had started orientating itself towards legal work, TKEP/L wanted to continue armed struggle. It formed an armed wing, the Leninist Guerrilla Units (Turkish: Leninist Gerila Birliği). LGB carries out occasional attacks, but does not engage in regular guerrilla warfare. The last major action by LGB was on December 19, 2000, when it attacked a MHP party office in Istanbul. One MHP member was killed and three injured. The attack was vengeance for the killing of two TKEP/L prisoners.
TKEP/L has an organization inside the Turkish prisons, and TKEP/L prisoners have taken part in hunger strikes. The youth wing of TKEP/L is the 13 March Young Communist League (Turkish: 13 Mart Genç Komünistler Birliği).