People's Liberation Army of Turkey

People's Liberation Army of Turkey
Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu
LeaderDeniz Gezmiş
Yusuf Aslan
Hüseyin İnan
Sinan Cemgil
Founded29 December 1968
Dissolved6 May 1981
Succeeded byTHKO-TDY
TDKP
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Left-wing nationalism
Guevarism
Kemalism
Political positionFar-left
ColoursRed

People's Liberation Army of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu, abbreviated THKO) was an armed underground far-left movement in Turkey. It was founded at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey in 1968 by Hüseyin İnan, Yusuf Aslan, Sinan Cemgil, Deniz Gezmiş, Taylan Özgür and Cihan Alptekin.