MLKP maintains an armed wing named Armed Forces of the Poor and the Oppressed ("Fakirlerin ve Ezilenlerin Silahlı Kuvvetleri" in Turkish, abbreviated as "FESK"). The group had international exposure at the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus bombing prior to 2004 Istanbul summit where four people were killed. In April 2015, it was announced that MLKP founded a permanent military training centre in PKK-controlled areas of the Iraqi Kurdistan. In July 2015, they attempted bomb attack on Star Media Group (Turkey).