18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention The 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention () took place on 5 and 6 September 2014 in order to elect a leader of the Republican People's Party ("Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi - CHP"), a Turkish centre-left political party. Initially, an ordinary convention was due to be held in 2014, two years after the previous one in 2012. However, the party's incumbent leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu accepted calls for an extraordinary convention to be held following the loss of the CHP's presidential candidate Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu in the presidential election held in August. The ordinary convention will thus
Maoist Communist Party (Turkey) Turkey. MKP is determined to carry out a "Socialist People's War" in Turkey with its armed wing the People's Liberation Army. In 2013 the Party's 3rd congress established the People's Partisan Forces as a second armed wing. The party has two armed wings: in rural areas Peoples' Liberation Army ("Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu" in Turkish, abbreviated as HKO) and in cities People's Partisan Forces ("Partizan Halk Güçleri" in Turkish, abbreviated as PHG). Maoist Youth Union () is the youth organization of MKP. Maoist Women's Union () - is women's organization of MKP. The party has two periodicals titled "Devrimci Demokrasi" (Revolutionary