Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist

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).

Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi/Leninist
Leader	Unknown
Founded	September 1, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-09-01)
Split from	Communist Labour Party of Turkey
Headquarters	None (illegal organisation)
Armed wing	Leninist Gerila Birliği
Youth wing	13 March Young Communist League
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement[1]
International affiliation	International Freedom Battalion World Anti-Imperialist Platform[2]
Party flag
Website
TKEP/L website
Politics of Turkey Political parties Elections

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 (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 (13 Mart Genç Komünistler Birliği).

TKEP/L continues to be active but more on international scale in the World Anti-Imperialist Platform(WAP) with Aydrin Karahan being the main representative of the Political Party to the International Organization. ^[3]

See also

• Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist)
• List of illegal political parties in Turkey
• Communist Party of Turkey (disambiguation), for other groups using similar names