List of political parties in Turkey
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Turkey
is a parliamentary democracy with a multi-party system
. Major parties are defined as political parties that received more than 10% of the votes in the latest general election (22 July 2007) and/or represented in parliament. Minor parties are defined as political parties that have fulfilled the requirements of the Supreme Election Committee (Yüksek Seçim Kurulu in Turkish, abbreviated as YSK) and whose names have been listed on ballots.
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Forgatten probaly the most historical left party is Labour Party of Turkey. Türkiye İşçi Partisi that represanted in seante in 60's. Mehmet Ali Aybar was leader of this party.
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Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
is a parliamentary democracy with a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
. Major parties are defined as political parties that received more than 10% of the votes in the latest general election (22 July 2007) and/or represented in parliament. Minor parties are defined as political parties that have fulfilled the requirements of the Supreme Election Committee (Yüksek Seçim Kurulu in Turkish, abbreviated as YSK) and whose names have been listed on ballots.
Parties represented in the current Parliament
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| Justice and Development Party Justice and Development Party (Turkey) The Justice and Development Party , abbreviated JDP in English and AK PARTİ or AKP in Turkish, is a centre-right political party in Turkey. The party is the largest in Turkey, with 327 members of parliament... Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi |
AK PARTİ | Economic liberalism Economic liberalism Economic liberalism is the ideological belief in giving all people economic freedom, and as such granting people with more basis to control their own lives and make their own mistakes. It is an economic philosophy that supports and promotes individual liberty and choice in economic matters and... Conservatism Conservatism Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism... |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdogan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been Prime Minister of Turkey since 2003 and is chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party , which holds a majority of the seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Erdoğan served as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He graduated in 1981 from Marmara... |
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| Republican People's Party Republican People's Party (Turkey) The Republican People's Party is a centre-left Kemalist political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party of Turkey and is currently Main Opposition in the Grand National Assembly. The Republican People's Party describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party, which is faithful to... Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi |
CHP | Kemalism Social democracy Social democracy Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism... Laicism |
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Kemal Kiliçdaroglu Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is a Turkish social democrat politician. He is currently leader of the Republican People's Party and Leader of the Main Opposition in Turkey. He has been the Member of Parliament for İstanbul since 2002.... |
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| Nationalist Movement Party Nationalist Movement Party The Nationalist Movement Party , is a far-right political party in Turkey.In the 2002 general elections, the party had lost its 129 seats as it had won only 8.34% of the national vote... Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi |
MHP | Turkish nationalism Turkish nationalism Turkish nationalism is a political ideology that promotes and glorifies the Turkish people, as either a national, ethnic or linguistic group and puts the interests of the state over other influences, including religious ones.-Pan-Turkism:... Ülkücülük Grey Wolves The Idealist Youth , commonly known as Grey Wolves , is an ultra-nationalist neo-fascist youth organization. It is accused of terrorism. According to Turkish authorities, the organization carried out 694 murders between 1974–1980.-Name:... |
Devlet Bahçeli Devlet Bahçeli Devlet Bahçeli is a Turkish politician and has been the second chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party since 6 July 1997.... |
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| Peace and Democracy Party Peace and Democracy Party The Peace and Democracy Party ) is a political party in the Republic of Turkey. It succeeded the Democratic Society Party following the closure of the latter party for its alleged connections with the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by the EU.The BDP has observer status in the... Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi |
BDP | Democratic socialism Democratic socialism Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation... Kurdish Kurdish people The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey... minority interests |
Selahattin Demirtaş Selahattin Demirtaş Selahattin Demirtaş is a Turkish-speaking pro-Kurdish politician whose parent speak Zazaki language. He became the chairman of Peace and Democracy Party in January 2010.... |
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Minor parties and other Parties not represented in Parliament
- Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP)
- Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti, DP)
- Democratic Left PartyDemocratic Left Party (Turkey)The Democratic Left Party is a Turkish political party founded on November 14, 1985, by Rahşan Ecevit.-1985-1999:The DSP, a social democratic oriented party, was registered on November 14, 1985 by Rahşan Ecevit, wife of Bülent Ecevit, as he was banned from political life after the 1980 coup...
(Demokratik Sol Partisi, DSP) - Democratic Left People's PartyDemocratic Left People's PartyDemocratic Left People's Party was a short-lived political party in Turkey. It was founded by ex-members of Democratic Left Party, led by Rahşan Ecevit. Its founding leader was Hulki Cevizoğlu. Cevizoğlu quit the office on January 13, 2010...
(Demokratik Sol Halk Partisi, DSHP) - Equality and Democracy PartyEquality and Democracy PartyEquality and Democracy Party is a Social Democratic, libertarian socialist political party in Turkey. It was founded on 14 March 2010 by Ziya Halis.-External links:*...
(Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi, EDP) - Felicity Party (Saadet Partisi, SP)
- Freedom and Solidarity PartyFreedom and Solidarity PartyFreedom and Solidarity Party is a left-wing party in Turkey. The party has had limited electoral success, although it controls a number of town halls and is influential in some unions of public employees...
(Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi, ÖDP) - Great Union PartyGreat Union PartyThe Great Union Party is a nationalist political party in Turkey, created on January 29, 1993. It is considered to be close to the Grey Wolves organization, and is related to the "Alperen Ocakları" tendency, which operated a synthesis between Islamism and Turkish Nationalism, and separated itself...
(Büyük Birlik Partisi, BBP) - Greens of TurkeyGreens of TurkeyGreens Party is the Green party in Turkey. Being the 57th political party of Turkey, it was established on June 30, 2008 after years of preparation since 2002. A green party with the same name was established in 1988, but was closed down in 1994. Greens maintain local branches and initiatives in...
(Yeşiller Partisi) - Homeland PartyHomeland PartyThe Homeland Party is a right-wing, nationalist and conservative, political party in Turkey. The party was founded on 2002 by Saadettin Tantan. In the last elections, the party won 0.9% of the vote and got no seats....
(Yurt Partisi, YP) - Independent Republic Party (Bağımsız Cumhuriyet Partisi, BCP)
- Independent Turkey PartyIndependent Turkey PartyThe Independent Turkey Party is a nationalist and Islamic political party founded on 25 September 2001 by Prof Dr. Haydar Baş. The party flag is red with a white crescent surrounded with a ring of white stars. The party polled 0.5% of the vote in the Turkish general elections of both 2002 and 2007....
(Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi, BTP) - Labour PartyLabour Party (Turkey)Labour Party is a political party in Turkey. Its chairman is Selma Gurkan. The party was founded as Emek Partisi in 1996. Due to its ban by the Constitutional Court, it was refounded with the name Emeğin Partisi , the same year...
(Emek Partisi, EMEP) - Liberal Democratic PartyLiberal Democratic Party (Turkey)The Liberal Democratic Party is a liberal party in Turkey. LDP was founded in 1994 as Liberal Parti by Turkish entrepreneur Besim Tibuk. Besim Tibuk was the consultant of Turgut Özal till he died in 17 April 1993...
(Liberal Demokrat Parti, LDP) - Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (Turkey)Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (Turkey)Marxist-Leninist Communist Party is an underground Anti-Revisionist Marxist-Leninist and Hoxhaist communist party in Turkey.-History:...
(Marksist-Leninist Komünist Partisi) - Motherland PartyMotherland Party (Turkey)The Motherland Party, was a political party in Turkey. It was founded in 1983 by Turgut Özal. It was merged to Democratic Party in October 2009...
(Anavatan Partisi, ANAP) - Nation Party (Millet Partisi, MP)
- National PartyNational Party (Turkey)The National Party is a left-wing nationalist political party in Turkey. The party was founded by Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu in 2010. The party publishes Türksolu and İleri....
(Ulusal Parti) - New Party (Yeni Parti)
- People's Ascent PartyPeople's Ascent PartyThe People's Ascent Party is a Turkish political party founded by the Istanbul MP and theologian Yaşar Nuri Öztürk on 16 February 2005, adopting the principles of a democratic state of law....
(Halkın Yükselişi Partisi, HYP) - People's Voice PartyPeople's Voice PartyThe People's Voice Party is a current political party in Turkey. It was founded on November 1, 2010 by Numan Kurtulmuş.-External links:* official site...
(Halkın Sesi Partisi , HAS PARTİ) - Revolutionary Socialist Workers' PartyRevolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (Turkey)Founded in 1997, the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party ) is a Trotskyist party in Turkey. One of its leaders Doğan Tarkan has links to Liberation Movement, before 1980. DSİP declares its adherence to Trotskyism and libertarian socialism....
(Devrimci Sosyalist İşçi Partisi, DSİP) - Revolutionary Workers' PartyRevolutionary Workers' Party (Turkey)The Revolutionary Workers' Party is a Trotskyist political party in Turkey. DİP is a section of the Co-ordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International....
(Devrimci İşçi Partisi, DİP) - Rights and Equality PartyRights and Equality PartyRights and Equality Party is a political party in Turkey, founded on 4 September 2008 by Osman Pamukoğlu, a former army general known and admitted in the public sense during his extraordinary success between Turkish State and separatist, militant organization PKK by breaking the terrorism activity...
(Hak ve Eşitlik Partisi, HEPAR) - Socialist Democratic PartySocialist Democratic Party (Turkey)Socialist Democratic Party is a minor Turkish social-democratic party.The party was founded in 2002 as a split from the Democratic Left Party, by then deputy Dr. Sema Tutar Pişkinsüt, who still leads the party....
(Toplumcu Demokratik Parti, TDP) - Social Democratic People's PartySocial Democratic People's Party (Turkey)The current Social Democratic People's Party or SHP is a Turkish left social-democratic political party established in 2002 by Murat Karayalçın, former Ankara Metropolitan Mayor and Foreign Minister ....
(Sosyaldemokrat Halk Partisi, SHP) - Socialist Democracy PartySocialist Democracy PartySocialist Democracy Party is a left-socialist party in Turkey. Most of its members were formerly in an opposition grouping within ÖDP, named Sosyalist Eylem Platformu . They defended closer ties with pro-Kurdish DEHAP and radical left and campaigned against privatisation and European Union...
(Sosyalist Demokrasi Partisi, SDP) - Rights and Liberties Party (Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi, HAKPAR)
- Turkey's Change MovementTurkey's Change MovementThe Movement for Change in Turkey, or TDH , is a Turkish political movement founded in 2009 under the leadership of Mustafa Sarıgül. It is currently in the process of organizing as a political party...
(Türkiye Değişim Hareketi, TDH) - Turkey PartyTurkey PartyTurkey Party is a liberal conservative party in Turkey which founded on 25 May 2009 by Abdüllatif Şener. It has one seat in Turkish Grand National Assembly.-External links:*...
(Türkiye Partisi, TP) - Workers' PartyWorkers' Party (Turkey)Workers' Party is political party in Turkey led by Doğu Perinçek. İP has its roots in the Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey , Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey and Socialist Party...
(İşçi Partisi, İP) - Young PartyYoung PartyThe Young Party is a nationalist, statist, secular, republican, political party in Turkey.-2002 elections:Cem Uzan entered politics 90 days before the 2002 elections. Young Party was not eligible to enter the elections and Yeniden Doğuş Partisi was a small party which was eligible to enter...
(Genç Parti, GP)
Defunct and historical parties
These are some of the parties that were dismantled because of their internal dynamics, mergers, inability to find electoral base or through governmental intervention, for instance following the coupsCoup d'état
A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...
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Forgatten probaly the most historical left party is Labour Party of Turkey. Türkiye İşçi Partisi that represanted in seante in 60's. Mehmet Ali Aybar was leader of this party.
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Left Wing
- New Turkey PartyNew Turkey PartyNew Turkey Party was a political party in Turkey. It was founded in 2002 following a leadership crisis in the Democratic Left Party that was the major partner in a three party coalition government....
(Yeni Türkiye Partisi), joined CHP in 2004 - Social Democracy Party (SODEP)SODEPSODEP is the abbreviation of Social Democracy Party of Turkey which was one of the two main parties of Turkey in early 1980s but later on merged with another party.- Background :...
(Sosyal Demokrat Parti), merged with People's Party to form Social Democrat People's Party (SDHP)Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)The Social Democratic Populist Party was the name of a former Turkish left social-democratic party, which resulted from the fusion, in 1985, of the Social Democracy Party of Erdal İnönü and the People's Party of Aydın Güven Gürkan, both founded in 1983 with the return to democracy after the...
in 1985 - People's partyPeople's Party (Turkey)- Background :After the coup of 1980, all political parties were closed by the military rule regardless of their political views, on the 16th of October 1981. In 1983, MGK decided to allow the formation of new parties with severe restrictions...
(Halkçı Parti), merged with SODEP to form Social Democrat People's Party (SDHP)Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)The Social Democratic Populist Party was the name of a former Turkish left social-democratic party, which resulted from the fusion, in 1985, of the Social Democracy Party of Erdal İnönü and the People's Party of Aydın Güven Gürkan, both founded in 1983 with the return to democracy after the...
in 1985 - Social Democratic Populist PartySocial Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)The Social Democratic Populist Party was the name of a former Turkish left social-democratic party, which resulted from the fusion, in 1985, of the Social Democracy Party of Erdal İnönü and the People's Party of Aydın Güven Gürkan, both founded in 1983 with the return to democracy after the...
(Sosyal Demokrat Halkçı Parti), joined CHP
Liberal
- Liberal Republican PartyLiberal Republican Party (Turkey)The Liberal Republican Party was a political party founded by Ali Fethi Okyar in the early years of the Turkish Republic....
(Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası, dissolved itself) (1929) - Liberty PartyLiberty Party (Turkey)- Background :Democrat Party won the 1950 elections and ended the one party era of Turkey. DP, being a moderately right wing party had promised a freer press and wider scope of basic liberties during the election campaign....
Joined to CHP - New Democracy Movement (Yeni Demokrasi Hareketi)
Conservative, centre-right
- Justice PartyJustice Party (Turkey)The Justice Party was a Turkish political party prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. A descendant of the Democrat Party, the AP was dominated by Süleyman Demirel, who served six times as prime minister, and was in office at the time of the military coup on September 12, 1980...
(Adalet Partisi, AP) (1962) Closed on 12 September 1980 - Great Turkey Party (Büyük Türkiye Partisi) (1983)
- Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti, DP) (1946–1961)
- Nation PartyNation Party (Turkey)The Nation Party was a conservative and nationalistic political party in Turkey active from 1948 until 1953, when it was outlawed.-Formation and split:...
(Millet Partisi, MP) (1948–1953 and 1962–1977) - Democratic PartyDemocratic Party (Turkey, 1970)- Background :Democrat Party which was the ruling party between 1950-1960 was closed by the military rule. In 1961 and 1965 elections most of ex Democrat Party adherents supported Justice Party, a party founded in 1961. After 1965 elections Justice Party came to power...
(1970–1980) - Democratic Center PartyDemocratic Center Party (Turkey)Democratic Center Party was a conservative political party in Turkey.It was established by the former mayor of İstanbul Bedrettin Dalan on May 17, 1990, who left the center-right Motherland Party ANAP, he was one of the founders in 1983....
(Demokratik Merkez Partisi, DMP) Founded on May 17, 1990, merged into DYPTrue Path PartyThe Democratic Party , abbreviated to DP, is a centre-right, conservative Turkish political party, established by Suleyman Demirel in 1983 as the Right Path Party...
on September 14, 1991 - True Path PartyTrue Path PartyThe Democratic Party , abbreviated to DP, is a centre-right, conservative Turkish political party, established by Suleyman Demirel in 1983 as the Right Path Party...
(Doğru Yol Partisi), conservativeConservatismConservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...
(9.6 %) (1983), merged with Motherland Party into Democrat Party (Turkey, 2007) in 2007. - New Turkey Party (1961)New Turkey Party (1961)New Turkey Parti was a former Turkish political party- Background :Democrat Party which was the ruling party of Turkey between 1950 and 1960 was closed by the military rule in 1960. In 1961, a number of new parties were founded to fill the political gap of Democrat Party...
(1961–1973) Joined to Justice Party (no relation to above party with the same name)
Nationalist
- Republican Peasants and Nation Party (Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Millet Partisi), merger of two parties, replaced by MHP
- Nationalist Working Party (Milliyetçi Çalışma Partisi), replaced by MHP
- Nationalist Democracy PartyNationalist Democracy Party (Turkey)- Background :After the coup of 1980, all political parties were closed by the military rule, so called National Security Council or regardless of their political views, on the 16 October 1981. For approximately one and half year, there were no political parties. Finally, MGK decided to allow the...
(1983-1986)
Religious
- National Salvation PartyNational Salvation PartyThe National Salvation Party was an Islamist political party in Turkey founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party . The party was led by Necmettin Erbakan...
(Milli Selâmet Partisi) Closed 12 September 1980 - National Development Party (Milli Kalkınma Partisi)
Banned parties
These are some of the parties that were banned through extraordinary courts or the Constitutional Court of Turkey.Left-wing
- Workers Party of TurkeyWorkers Party of TurkeyWorkers Party of Turkey was a Turkish political party, founded in 1961. It became the first socialist party in Turkey to win representation in the national parliament. It was banned twice and eventually merged with the Communist Party of Turkey in 1988.TİP was founded by a group of labor union...
(Türkiye İşçi Partisi), banned in 1971, represented in the national senate in early 1960's. - United Communist Party of TurkeyUnited Communist Party of TurkeyUnited Communist Party of Turkey was a political party in Turkey. The leadership of two banned parties Communist Party of Turkey and Workers Party of Turkey announced in 1987 that they had decided to merge and form TBKP...
(Türkiye Birleşik Komünist Partisi)
Religious
- Progressive Republican Party (Terakkiperver Cumhuriyet Fırkası), banned at 3 June 1925
- National Order PartyNational Order PartyNational Order Party was a Islamist political party in Turkey, which adopted the National View ideology. It was founded on 26 January 1970 by Necmettin Erbakan...
(Milli Nizam Partisi), banned at 20 May 1971 - Welfare PartyWelfare PartyThe Welfare Party was an Islamist political party in Turkey. It was founded by Ali Türkmen, Ahmet Tekdal and Necmettin Erbakan in Ankara in 1983 as heir to two earlier parties, Milli Nizam Partisi and Milli Selamet Partisi , which were banned from politics...
(Refah Partisi), banned at 22 February 1998 - Virtue PartyVirtue PartyVirtue Party was an Islamist political party established in December 1998 in Turkey. It was found unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court and then banned in June 2001, for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution...
(Fazilet Partisi), banned at 22 June 2001
Kurdish Separatist
- People's Labor Party (Halkın Emek Partisi), banned in July 1993
- Democracy PartyDemocracy PartyDemocracy Party was a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey. It was founded in May 1993 by several prominent members of the People's Labor Party . The party became divided over the issue of the PKK, two factions - moderate and radical - appeared. Due to the promotion of Kurdish nationalism the...
(Demokrasi Partisi), banned on 16 June 1994 - People’s Democracy Party (Halkın Demokrasi Partisi), banned on 13 March 2003
- Democratic Society PartyDemocratic Society PartyThe Democratic Society Party was a Kurdish Kurdish nationalist political party in Turkey. The party considered itself social democratic, and had observer status in the Socialist International. It was considered to be the successor of the Democratic People's Party...
(Demokratik ve Toplum Partisi), banned on 11 December 2009
See also
- Politics of TurkeyPolitics of TurkeyPolitics of Turkey takes place in a framework of a strictly secular parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Turkey is the head of government, and of a multi-party system...
- List of political parties by country
- Communist Party of TurkeyCommunist Party of TurkeyThe Communist Party of Turkey was a political party in Turkey. The party was founded by Mustafa Suphi in 1920, and was soon to be banned. It worked as a clandestine opposition party throughout the Cold War era, and was persecuted by the various military regimes. Many intellectuals, like Nazım...
for a list of communist parties in Turkey - List of illegal political parties in Turkey
- Turkish general elections before 1980Turkish general elections before 1980The outcomes of the Turkish general elections before 1980 is as follows. After coup d'etat in 1980 all political parties were closed by the military rule...
- Turkish general elections after 1980Turkish general elections after 1980The outcome of the Turkish general elections after 1983 is shown below....