[2] MKP emerged in 1987 as TKP/ML - Eastern Anatolia Regional Committee (Doğu Anadolu Bölge Komitesi in Turkish, abbreviated as DABK) and broke away from the declining TKP/ML organisation.

MKP took up the legacy of TKP (ML), weathered severe battles, and over the years gained influence, becoming a significant Maoist organisation in Turkey and North Kurdistan.

In comparison to the "Partisi", the "Maoist Komünist Parti", while claiming no direct links to the PKK, and having a separate ideology, does seem to have a political agenda which prioritizes them more, considering them a primary force of New Democracy.

[5] Federation of Democratic Rights (Turkish: Demokratik Haklar Federasyonu abbreviated as DHF) - is independent mass organization related to MKP.

In March 2009, Tamer Bilici, a doctor in service during a 2000 hunger strike in Kandıra F-type prison, was punished[clarification needed] by MKP-HKO for being a public enemy because he was blamed for deaths and permanent disabilities of inmates.