On September 9, the militias of our party MLCP carried out a march in Istanbul, Gazi in order to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the foundation of our party. {divide}The militias marched at the Ismetpasa Street carrying a banner writing "Long live revolution, long live socialism" and shouting slogans like "Long live our party MLCP", "Hasan Ocak is alive, MLCP fights", "Communist Youth Organisation - star of the party", "The martyrs are alive, MLCP fights", Long live the MLCP for the victory of the revolution", "The fear of the murderers is the army of MLCP", Yasemin is alive, MLCP fights" and "We swear that we will fight against fascism, imperialism, capitalism and all kind of reaction until our last drop of blood, until our last cartridge."
During the whole march, the militia threw Molotov cocktails and built barricades on the street. The people watching them applauded the action.
When police forces attacked the party militias with gas bombs and pressurized water, a short street fight started.