List of political parties in Turkey

The list of political parties in Turkey is intended to provide an overview of the current landscape of Turkey. It lists after 1954 new or re-established parties, which were officially banned or continue their activities until today.

Registered parties

At the parliamentary elections Participating Parties

Parties that participated in the 2011 general election and 2007:

In the current Grand National Assembly of Turkey Parties represented

→ see Grand National Assembly of Turkey # Current composition

Other parties

  • Party Name ( abbreviation, date of foundation, Chairman)
  • Anavatan Partisi ( ANAP / ANAVATAN, May 20, 1983 Erkan Mumcu )
  • Anayol Partisi ( AYP, May 5, 1994 Gürcan Baser )
  • Bağımsız Cumhuriyet Partisi (BCP 24 July, 2002, Mümtaz Soysal )
  • Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi (BDP, 2nd May 2008, Selahattin Demirtas and Gültan Kisanak )
  • Adalet Partisi Büyük ( BAP, 12 April 1995 Mehmet Beşir Bilgiç )
  • Cumhuriyetçi Demokrasi Partisi (CDP, July 19, 2002 Yekta Güngör Özden )
  • Cumhuriyetçi Democrat Türkiye Partisi ( CDTP, September 3, 2003), Serap Gülhan
  • Çözüm Partisi (cp, December 25, 2001 Nazim Kocaman )
  • Halk Partisi Democrat (DHP, 15 December 1999 Mahmut Ihsan Ozgen )
  • Democrat Türkiye Partisi ( DTP, January 7, 1997, Sema Küçüksöz )
  • Devrimci Sosyalist ISCI Partisi ( DSIP, 25 April 1997 Şevket Doğan Tarkan )
  • Eşitlik Partisi (EP, May 25, 2001 Bektas Çelebi )
  • Gönül BİRLİGİ Yeşiller Partisi ( GBYP, November 3, 2000 Eşref Yazıcıoğlu )
  • Hak ve Eşitlik Partisi ( HEPAR, September 4, 2009 Osman Pamukoğlu )
  • Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi (HAK - PAR, 11 February 2002 Abdulmelik Firat )
  • Halkin Sesi Partisi (HAS, November 1, 2010 Numan Kurtulmuş )
  • Hurdles Dava Partisi ( Hüda Par 17 December 2012 Mehmet Huseyin Yılmaz )
  • Lider Türkiye Partisi (LTP, September 3, 2001 Mustafa Özman )
  • Millet Partisi (MP 22 November 1992 Aykut Edibali )
  • Özgür Toplum Partisi ( ÖTP, June 6, 2003, Ahmet Turan Demir )
  • Sağduyu Partisi (SP, September 4, 2002 Mehmet Yücel Ağargün )
  • Son Çağrı Partisi (SCP, 29 August 2002 Çetin Sakaoglu )
  • Sosyal Democrat Partisi (SDP, November 29, 2001 Nihat Demir )
  • Sosyalist Birlik Hareketi (SBH, August 5, 1999 Nihat cagli )
  • Sosyalist Demokrasi Partisi (SDP, 28 August 2002 Filiz Kocali )
  • Toplumcu Demokratik Parti (TDP 28 January 2002 Sema Piskinsüt )
  • Türkiye Adalet Partisi (TAP, 12 April 1995 Mehmet Yorgancioglu )
  • Türkiye ile Özürlüsü Mutludur ( TOEM, July 29, 1996 Murat Dilmen )
  • Türkiye Partisi Sosyalist ISCI ( TSIP, January 3, 1993 Mehmet Sümbül )
  • Ulusal Birlik Partisi ( UBP, 23 October 1998 Fehmi Kural )
  • Ulusal Muhtariyet Partisi (UMP, August 13, 2001 Fehmi Öztürk )
  • Varlığımız Partisi ( Varlik, 11 May 2001 Koksal Satir )
  • Yeni Parti (YP 23 June, 2008, Tuncay Özkan )
  • Yurt Partisi (YP 14 March 2002, Sadettin Tantan )
  • Yüce Diriliş Partisi ( YDP 23 April, 2007, Sezai Karakoç )
  • Yeşiller Partisi ( Yeşiller 30 June, 2008, Ilkay Akkaya )

Forbidden parties

Illegal active parties

In addition to nationalist or Islamist groups developed just since the early seventies, illegal, left-wing party structures - many also armed fighting.

Even today, there are some to be understood as a party organizations that meet the majority of the crime of " armed gang " in Turkey and are prohibited. These include the following in particular:

  • The militant fighting Marxist-Leninist Communist Party ( MLCP )
  • The Maoist Turkish Communist Party / Marxist-Leninist ( TKP / ML), which also has an armed wing,
  • As the resulting elimination of the TKP / ML Maoist Communist Party ( MKP ), which also has an armed wing,
  • The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front ( DHKP -C)

And several smaller parties.

Earlier parties

  • Türkiye ( Resmi ) komünist Partisi, 1920-1921
  • Türkiye Partisi Birlik (TBP, Alevi ), 1966-1981
  • Cumhuriyetçi Güven Partisi (CGP previously Milli Güven Partisi, Turhan Feyzioğlu ), 1967-1981
  • Cumhuriyetçi particle (CP, Kemal Satir ), 1972-1973
  • Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi, 1983-1985
  • Sosyaldemokrat Halkçı Parti, 1985-1995, went up in the CHP
  • Barış Partisi (BP, Alevi ), 1996-1999
  • Yeni Türkiye ( YTP, 22 July 2002, İsmail Cem ), 2004 went to the CHP.
  • Halk Partisi Sosyaldemokrat (SHP 24 May, 2002 to 2010, Murat Karayalcin )
  • Türkiye Partisi (TP, May 2009, Abdullatif Sener ), 2012 disbanded.
  • Demokratik Halk Partisi Sol ( DSHP, November 2009, Rahsan Ecevit ), 2010 went up in CHP
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