The People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey (, THKP-C) was a Turkish MarxistâÂÂLeninist guerrilla group that was founded in 1970 by Münir Ramazan Aktolga, Yusuf Küpeli and Mahir ÃÂayan. The People's Liberation Party of Turkey (THKP) was the political wing and the People's Liberation Front of Turkey (THKC) was the armed wing.
On 17 May 1971, the THKC guerrillas Ulaà  Bardakçñ, Hüseyin Cevahir, Mahir ÃÂayan, Necmi Demir, Oktay Etiman and Ziya Yñlmaz kidnapped Israeli consul Ephraim Elrom. They left an announcement directed to the pro-American Council of Ministers (Turkish: Amerikancñ Bakanlar Kuruluna) written by Bardakçñ and Cevahir. After the Sledgehammer Operation, THKC guerrillas killed Ephraim Elrom on 22 May 1971. Elrom's body was found on the 23 May 1971 in the Hamarat Building, Nià Âantaà Âñ, Istanbul. After the killing of the consul, the ethnic Zaza actor Yñlmaz Güney hid the THKC guerrillas.
The THKC guerrillas left Güney's house the 24 May 1971. On 30 May 1971 ÃÂayan and Cevahir entered a house in Maltepe, Istanbul, and took Sibel Erkan as a hostage. The police and army initiated a rescue operation and had the house under siege for 51 hours. After, they attacked the guerrillas on 1 June 1971. Firstly sniper Cihangir Erdeniz directed 3 shots at Cevahir. After, the forces entered the house and killed Cevahir. Also ÃÂayan was captured.
After the arrest of THKP-C guerrillas, trials begun. ÃÂayan and Bardakçñ asked with execution. But on 29 November 1971, 2 THKO and 3 THKP-C guerillas escaped from prison.
After the escape ÃÂayan meets with Münir Ramazan Aktolga and Yusuf Küpeli. After the meets, ÃÂayan blamed Aktolga and Küpeli for being Doctorist. With proposal of ÃÂayan, Aktolga and Küpeli exiled from THKP and THKC.
After the escape ÃÂayan and Bardakçñ make a decision. ÃÂayan beings leader of the rural guerrilla units and Bardakçñ beings leader of the urban guerrilla units. On 19 February 1971 07:00, Bardakçñ killed in Arnavutköy. With this, the urban guerrilla unit of the THKC was defeated.
A Black Sea rural guerrilla team of the THKC and some THKO guerrillas, kidnapped 2 Canadian and 1 Briton radar technicians in ÃÂnye on 26 March 1972. The revolutionaries were surrounded by Turkish soldiers in Tokat, Niksar, Kñzñldere village on 30 March 1972. At first, the soldiers wanted to negotiate with the militants. Then the soldiers opened fire upon the militants, as result of which Mahir ÃÂayan died. After the death of ÃÂayan, the militants killed the technicians. And conflict starts. After the conflict, 9 guerrilla dead. Saffet Alp (from THKP-C) was captured. But after he was killed by soldiers. One of the guerrillas, ErtuÃÂrul Kürkçü, hid and saved himself, but he too was captured on 31 March 1972 due to his father not being able to find his son's body amongst the dead.