The Marxist–Leninist Armed Propaganda Unit (, abbreviated as MLSPB), known fully as the People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist Armed Propaganda Unit (THKP-C/MLSPB) is a Marxist–Leninist organization in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. The group is a split from the

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. It was among the founding members of the

Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement The Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement or HBDH () is a Far-left politics, far-left self-declared alliance of ten mostly Kurdish Left-wing politics, leftist, Revolutionary socialism, revolutionary socialist, and Communism, communist organization ...

, formed in March 2016, with the

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and seven other

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organizations.

Activity

1980s

In April 1980, members of the group shot dead an American naval officer and his driver. Chief Petty Officer Sam Novello and his driver, Ali Sabri Baytar, were shot dead in Turkey by three assailants who then were captured while trying to escape on motorcycle. One assailant was severely wounded during the capture and died later, the remaining two were sentenced to death by a military court and executed on June 25, 1981.

Involvement in Syrian Civil War

As MLSPB-Revolutionary Front (), the group has participated in the Syrian Civil War through fighting alongside the

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People's Protection Units The People's Defense Units (YPG), also called People's Protection Units, is a libertarian socialist US-backed Kurds in Syria, Kurdish militant group in Syria and the primary component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The YPG mostl ...

against the

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. MLSPB-DC joined the internationalist armed organizations supporting the YPG, the

United Freedom Forces The United Freedom Forces (, or BÖG) is a joint expatriate militia of several revolutionary socialist organizations from Turkey, most notably the Revolutionary Communard Party (DKP), active in the Rojava conflict of the Syrian Civil War. ...

and the

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. A battalion was created by Devrimci Karargâh and MLSPB-DC named after Alper Çakas, an MLSPB-DC fighter killed while fighting in Rojava.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marxist-Leninist Armed Propaganda Union 1975 establishments in Turkey Communist militant groups International Freedom Battalion Left-wing militant groups in Turkey Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement

Activity

1980s

Involvement in Syrian Civil War

See also

References