Political parties in Turkey lists political parties in Turkey. Turkey is parliamentary democracy with a multi-party system. [edit] The parties 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 has fulfilled the requirements of the Supreme Electoral Council (Yüksek Seçim Kurulu in Turkish, abbreviated as YSK) and their names were listed in the ballots. [edit] Major parties | Name | Ideology | Leader | Founded | Vote | Seats | Justice and Development Party
Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AK Parti | Conservatism, economic liberalism | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 2001 | 39.1% | 340 | Republican People's Party
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP | Kemalism, social democracy | Deniz Baykal | 1923 | 23.1% | 98 | Nationalist Movement Party
Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, MHP | Turkish Nationalism | Devlet Bahçeli | 1969 | 14.29% | 70 | Democratic Society Party
Demokratik Toplum Partisi, DTP | Kurdish Nationalism, Social democracy | Ahmet Türk | 2005 | | 20 | Democratic Left Party
Demokratik Sol Parti, DSP | Social democracy | Masum Türker | 1985 | | 13 | Freedom and Solidarity Party
Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi, ÖDP | Libertarian socialism | Hayri Kozanoğlu | 1996 | 0.15% | 1 | Great Union Party
Büyük Birlik Partisi, BBP | Islamist Turkish Nationalism | Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu (died)- Yalçın Topçu | 1993 | | 1 | [edit] Minor parties - Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP) 0.22%, communist
- Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti, DP) 5.41%, conservative
- Felicity Party (Saadet Partisi, SP) 2.34%, religious
- Greens of Turkey (Yeşiller Partisi) green politics
- Homeland Party (Yurt Partisi, YP) nationalist
- Independent Republic Party (Bağımsız Cumhuriyet Partisi, BCP) Kemalist
- Independent Turkey Party (Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi, BTP) 0.51%, religious, nationalist
- Labour Party (Emek Partisi, EMEP) 0.08%, socialist
- Liberal Democratic Party 0.1%, liberal
- Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP) liberal
- Nation Party (Millet Partisi, MP) nationalist
- New Party (Yeni Parti) nationalist
- Peace and Democracy Party (Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi, BDP) left wing
- People's Ascent Party (Halkın Yükselişi Partisi, HYP) 0.5%, centrist
- Revolutionary Socialist Worker Party (Devrimci Sosyalist İşçi Partisi, DSİP) Trotskyist
- Rights and Equality Party (Hak ve Eşitlik Partisi, HEPAR) nationalist
- Socialist Democratic Party (Toplumcu Demokratik Parti, TDP) social democratic
- Social Democratic People's Party (Sosyaldemokrat Halk Partisi, SHP) social democratic
- Socialist Democracy Party (Sosyalist Demokrasi Partisi, SDP) socialist
- The Right and Liberties Party (Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi, HAKPAR) pro-Kurdish
- Turkey Party (Türkiye Partisi, TP) centrist, conservative
- Workers' Party (İşçi Partisi, İP) 0.36% nationalist, socialist
- Young Party (Genç Parti, GP) 3.03% nationalist
[edit] 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 coups. [edit] Left Wing [edit] Liberal [edit] Conservative - Justice Party (Adalet Partisi, AP) (1962) Closed on 12 September 1980
- Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti, DP) (1946-1961)
- Nation Party (Millet Partisi, MP) (1948-1953 and 1962-1977)
- Democratic Party (Turkey)(1970-1980)
- Democratic Center Party (Demokratik Merkez Partisi, DMP) Founded on May 17, 1990, merged into DYP on September 14, 1991
- True Path Party (Doğru Yol Partisi), conservative (9.6 %) (1983), merged with Motherland Party into Democrat Party (Turkey, 2007) in 2007.
- New Turkey Party (1961) (1961-1973)Joined to Justice Party (no relation to above party with the same name)
- Nationalist Task Party (Milliyetçi Çalışma Partisi), replaced by MHP
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[edit] Banned parties These are some of the parties that were banned through extraordinary courts or the Constitutional Court of Turkey. [edit] Left-wing [edit] Religious [edit] Kurdish nationalist [edit] See also |
