Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist

The Türkiye Partisi komünist / Marksist -Leninist ( TKP / ML, for the Turkish Communist Party of Turkey / Marxist- Leninist ) is a Marxist- Leninist- Maoist party, which was founded in 1972 by İbrahim Kaypakkaya in Turkey.

Since 1974 she has also been represented in Germany. The aim of the TKP / ML and its splinter groups is an armed revolutionary coup in Turkey and the creation of a " people's democratic State " under the leadership of the proletariat.

Since its inception, the TKP / ML has split several times. Initially, they operated under the name Communist Party of Turkey / Marxist-Leninist ( TKP / ML ) ( with hyphen). In 1994, two competing factions, Partizan and Maoist Communist Party emerged from the TKP / ML ( MKP, Maoist komünist Partisi ) (until 2002: the East Anatolian Area ( DABK ) ) called pursuing both have the same ideology. To realize its goals, entertain both factions armed guerrilla groups in Turkey, the TKP / ML, the Workers 'and Peasants' Liberation Army of Turkey (Türkiye ISCI Köylü Kurtuluş ordusu, TIKKO ) and the MKP, the People's Liberation Army ( Halk Kurtuluş ordusu, HKO ).

In addition, there is currently the resulting 1987 as a spin-off of the TKP / ML small Communist Party of Turkey / Marxist Leninist ( Maoist Party Centre ) (Türkiye komünist Partisi / Marksist -Leninist (Maoist Parti Merkezi ) ), which belongs to the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement.

The German groupings of the TKP / ML are observed by the intelligence. This estimates the number of followers of both groups in Germany to a total of 1,300 (as of 2005). According to the constitution protection talked several Maoist groups from Turkey " front groups " in Germany, which mainly consisted of fundraising. The TKP / ML ( Partizan), for example, assigned ATIK, while the ADHK applies ( Confederation of Democratic Rights in Europe ) as an extension of MKP.