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.

Parties represented in the current Parliament

Minor parties and other Parties not represented in Parliament

Left Wing

• Greens and the Left Party of the Future (Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi)
• Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP)
• Democratic Left Party (Demokratik Sol Parti, DSP)
• Equality and Democracy Party (Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi, EDP)
• Freedom and Solidarity Party (Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi, ÖDP)
• Labour Party (Emek Partisi, EMEP)
• Labourer Movement Party (Emekçi Hareket Partisi, EHP)
• Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (Turkey) (Marksist-Leninist Komünist Partisi)
• Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (Devrimci Sosyalist İşçi Partisi, DSİP)
• Revolutionary Workers' Party (Devrimci İşçi Partisi, DİP)
• Socialist Democratic Party (Toplumcu Demokratik Parti, TDP)
• Social Democratic People's Party (Sosyaldemokrat Halk Partisi, SHP)
• Socialist Democracy Party (Sosyalist Demokrasi Partisi, SDP)
• Workers' Party (İşçi Partisi, İP)

Conservative

• Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti, DP)
• Felicity Party (Saadet Partisi, SP)
• Great Union Party (Büyük Birlik Partisi, BBP)
• Independent Turkey Party (Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi, BTP)
• Nation Party (Millet Partisi, MP)
• People's Voice Party (Halkın Sesi Partisi, HAS PARTİ)
• Rights and Liberties Party (Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi, HAKPAR)

Liberal

• Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Demokrat Parti, LDP)
• Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP)
• People's Ascent Party (Halkın Yükselişi Partisi, HYP)
• Turkey's Change Movement (Türkiye Değişim Hareketi, TDH)
• Turkey Party (Türkiye Partisi, TP)

Nationalist

• Homeland Party (Yurt Partisi, YP)
• Great Union Party (Büyük Birlik Partisi, BBP)
• National Party (Ulusal Parti)
• New Party (Yeni Parti)
• Independent Republic Party (Bağımsız Cumhuriyet Partisi, BCP)
• Rights and Equality Party (Hak ve Eşitlik Partisi, HEPAR)
• Young Party (Genç Parti, GP)

Green Politics

• Greens of Turkey (Yeşiller Partisi)
• Greens and the Left Party of the Future (Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi)

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.

Left Wing

• Democratic Left People's Party (Demokratik Sol Halk Partisi), dissolved in 2010
• New Turkey Party (Yeni Türkiye Partisi), joined CHP in 2004
• Social Democracy Party (SODEP) (Sosyal Demokrat Parti), merged with People's Party to form Social Democrat People's Party (SDHP) in 1985
• People's party (Halkçı Parti), merged with SODEP to form Social Democrat People's Party (SDHP) in 1985
• Social Democratic Populist Party (Sosyal Demokrat Halkçı Parti), joined CHP

Liberal

• Liberal Republican Party (Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası, dissolved itself) (1929)
• Liberty Party Joined to CHP
• New Democracy Movement (Yeni Demokrasi Hareketi)

Conservative, centre-right

• Justice Party (Adalet Partisi, AP) (1962) Closed on 12 September 1980
• Great Turkey Party (Büyük Türkiye Partisi) (1983)
• Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti, DP) (1946–1961)
• Nation Party (Millet Partisi, MP) (1948–1953 and 1962–1977)
• Democratic Party (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

• 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 Party (1983–1986)

Religious

• National Salvation Party (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 Turkey (Türkiye İşçi Partisi), banned in 1971, represented in the national senate in early 1960s.
• United Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Birleşik Komünist Partisi)

Religious

• Progressive Republican Party (Terakkiperver Cumhuriyet Fırkası), banned at 3 June 1925
• National Order Party (Milli Nizam Partisi), banned at 20 May 1971
• Welfare Party (Refah Partisi), banned at 22 February 1998
• Virtue Party (Fazilet Partisi), banned at 22 June 2001

Kurdish Separatist

• People's Labor Party (Halkın Emek Partisi), banned in July 1993
• Democracy Party (Demokrasi Partisi), banned on 16 June 1994
• People’s Democracy Party (Halkın Demokrasi Partisi), banned on 13 March 2003
• Democratic Society Party (Demokratik ve Toplum Partisi), banned on 11 December 2009

See also

• Politics of Turkey
• List of political parties by country
• Communist Party of Turkey (disambiguation)
• List of illegal political parties in Turkey
• List of historical parties in Turkey
• Turkish general elections before 1980
• Turkish general elections after 1980

References

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