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Terrorist Organization Profile: |
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| Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi (THKP-C) | |
| Turkish People's Liberation Party-Front (TPLP-F) | |
| Turkey | |
| 1971 | |
| Unknown number of members | |
| Communist/Socialist | |
| Included bank robberies | |
| The Turkish People's Liberation Front (TPLF) was an influential terrorist organization within Turkey's leftist movement that plagued Turkey in the late 1960s/early 1970s. Remnants of this terrorist movement are still present in Turkey. TPLF, also known as the Turkish People's Liberation Party-Front (THKP-C), emerged from the Revolutionary Youth movement (Dev Genc) in the early 1970s. Formed by Mahir Çayan, THKP-C would soon splinter off into three separate terrorist organizations, which would give rise to even more terrorist splinter groups.
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| The terrorist organizations of the Turkish Left utilize multiple group names, interrelated factions, and sometimes even rename a new terrorist organization after another recent terrorist entity. The original THKP-C can be seen as a starting point for the Turkish terrorist groups that sprouted up throughout the 1970s and 1980s. While there are currently THKP-C splinter groups operational in Turkey, the terrorist movement is significantly weaker today. | |
Key Leaders
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Related Groups
- DHKP/C -- Supported Cause
- Mahir Cayan Suicide Group -- Supported Cause
U.S. Government Designations
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Learn more about these U.S. Department of State classifications: Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL) |
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Other Governments' Designations
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