Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist

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Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (in Turkish: Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist) is a clandestine communist organization in Turkey currently waging a war against Turkish Government. It was founded in 1972 with İbrahim Kaypakkaya as its first leader. TKP/ML participates in International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations.

The armed wing of the party is named Turkish Workers' and Peasants' Liberation Army (in Turkish: TİKKO - Türk İşci ve Köylü Kurtuluş Ordusu).

The party organ is called Partizan.

TKP/ML suffered a number of splits, resulting in the formation of the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist - Hareketi (1976), Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (Bolshevik) (1981), Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist - Revolutionary Proletarian (1987), Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (Maoist Party Centre) (1987) and Maoist Communist Party (1994).

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