List of political parties in Turkey

Turkey is a presidential 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 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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Major parties
Parties represented in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
# Party Name Abbr. Leader(s) Ideology Position MPs Metro.Mun. Municipalities National Aff. European Aff. International Aff. Year of foundation Members
1 Justice and Development Party
Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi		 AK Parti Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Social conservatism,[1][2]
Neo-Ottomanism[3][4][5]		 Right-wing
290 / 600
15 / 30
737 / 1,351
 People's Alliance - - 2001 10,195,904
2 Republican People's Party
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi		 CHP Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Kemalism,
Social democracy		 Centre-left
139 / 600
11 / 30
262 / 1,351
 Nation Alliance Party of European Socialists Socialist International,
Progressive Alliance		 1923, 1992 (re-foundation) 1,257,753
3 Peoples' Democratic Party
Halkların Demokratik Partisi		 HDP Sezai Temelli,
Pervin Buldan		 Democratic socialism,
Regionalism
 Left-wing
61 / 600
3 / 30
62 / 1,351
 Peoples' Democratic Congress Party of European Socialists Progressive Alliance 2012 39,334
4 Nationalist Movement Party
Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi		 MHP Devlet Bahçeli Ultranationalism,
Pan-Turkism		 Far-right
49 / 600
1 / 30
234 / 1,351
 People's Alliance - - 1969 479,199
5 İYİ Party
İYİ Parti		 İYİ PARTİ Meral Akşener Turkish nationalism,
Kemalism,
Social justice		 Centre to Centre-right
37 / 600
0 / 30
25 / 1,351
 Nation Alliance - - 2017 266,440
7 Workers' Party of Turkey
Türkiye İşçi Partisi,		 TİP Erkan Baş Communism,
Marxism-Leninism		 Far-left
2 / 600
0 / 30
0 / 1,351
 - - International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties 2017 342
8 Great Union Party
Büyük Birlik Partisi		 BBP Mustafa Destici Sunni Islamism,
Conservatism		 Far-right
1 / 600
0 / 30
10 / 1,351

People's Alliance

 - - 1993 28,839
11 Democracy and Progress Party
Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi		 DEVA Ali Babacan Neoliberalism,
Liberal democracy,
Pro-Europeanism		 Centre-right [6]
1 / 600
0 / 30
0 / 1,351
 - - - 2020 -
10 Democratic Regions Party
Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi		 DBP Emine Ayna
Kamuran Yüksek		 Kurdish nationalism Left-wing
1 / 600
0 / 30
0 / 1,351
 Peoples' Democratic Congress - - 2014 7,615
9 Democrat Party
Demokrat Parti		 DP Gültekin Uysal Liberal conservatism Centre-right
1 / 600
0 / 30
8 / 1,351
 Nation Alliance - - 2007 443,757
6 Felicity Party
Saadet Partisi		 SAADET Temel Karamollaoğlu Sunni Islamism,
Conservatism		 Far-right
1 / 600
0 / 30
20 / 1,351
 Nation Alliance - - 2001 220,830
Parties below the parliamentary threshold in 2018 General Election
Patriotic Party
Vatan Partisi		 Vatan Partisi Doğu Perinçek Eurasianism,
Left-wing nationalism		 Far-left - -
0 / 1,351
 - - - 1992 20,487
Free Cause Party
Hür Dava Partisi		 Hüda-Par Mehmet Yavuz Islamism
Pan-Islamism
Religious conservatism		 Far-right - - - - - - 2012 8,018
Other parties contested in recent general elections
Rights and Freedoms Party
Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi		 HAK-PAR Vacant Kurdish nationalism Left-wing - -
0 / 1,351
 - - - 2002 1,148
People's Liberation Party
Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi		 HKP Nurullah Ankut Marxism–Leninism,
Kıvılcımlıism		 Far-left - -
0 / 1,351
 - - - 2005 419
Independent Turkey Party
Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi		 BTP vacant Economic nationalism,
Alevi and Shia rights		 Centre - -
0 / 1,351
 - - - 2001 6,419
Democratic Left Party
Demokratik Sol Parti		 DSP Önder Aksakal Democratic socialism,
Kemalism		 Centre-left - -
5 / 1,351
 - - - 1985 34,266
Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Demokrat Parti		 LDP Gültekin Tırpancı Classical liberalism Centre - -
1 / 1,351
 - - - 1994 5,219
Nation Party
Millet Partisi		 MİLLET Aykut Edibali Conservatism,
Turkish nationalism		 Centre-right - -
1 / 1,351
 - - - 1992 4,052
True Path Party
Doğru Yol Partisi		 DYP Çetin Özaçıkgöz Liberal conservatism Centre-right - -
0 / 1,351
 - - - 2007 85
Source: "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Milletvekilleri Dağılımı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi., Official member numbers: "Siyasi Parti Genel Bilgileri" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation.
"30 Mart 2014 Mahalli İdareler Genel Seçimleri Resmi Gazeteye Gönderilen Seçim Sonuçları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Yüksek Seçim Kurulu.

Minor parties

Minor parties did not participate in the 2015 General Election are:

Party Name Turkish name Abbr. Leader(s) Ideology Position Date of foundation
Communist Party of Turkey (current) Türkiye Komunist

Partisi

 TKP Kemal Okuyan Communism

Marxism–Leninism

 Far-left 1993
Socialist Liberation PartyToplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi 1920 TKP Communism

Marxism–Leninism

 Left-wing2012
Left PartySol Parti ÖDP Alper TaşSocialism Left-wing1994
Labour PartyEmek Partisi EMEP Selma GürkanCommunism

Marxism–Leninism

 Left-wing1996
Revolutionary Socialist Workers' PartyDevrimci Sosyalist İşçi Partisi DSİP Şevket Doğan Tarkan Trotskyism Left-wing1997
Revolutionary Workers' PartyDevrimci İşçi Partisi DİP Ömer Sungur Savran Trotskyism Left-wing2007
Socialist Workers' Party of TurkeyTürkiye Sosyalist İşçi Partisi TSİP Turgut Koçak Socialism

Marxism–Leninism

 Left-wing1993
Conservative Ascension PartyMuhafazakâr Yükseliş Partisi MYP Conservative2013
Homeland PartyYurt Partisi YURT-P Conservative2002
Motherland PartyAnavatan Partisi ANAP İbrahim ÇelebiLiberal2011
Great Turan Movement PartyTuran Hareketi Partisi TURAN Nationalism, TuranismFar-right 2014
Ötüken Union PartyÖtüken Birliği Partisi ÖTÜKEN Nationalism, Pan-TurkismAlt-right 2017
National PartyUlusal Parti ULUSAL Gökçe Fırat ÇulhaoğluNationalismFar-right 2010
National Struggle PartyMilli Mücadele Partisi MMP NationalismFar-right 2014
Green Left PartyYeşil Sol Parti - Eylem Tuncaelli, Naci SönmezGreen politicsLeft-wing2012
Women's PartyKadın Partisi - Fatma Benal Yazgan FeminismLeft 2014
Centre PartyMerkez Parti - Centre2014
Young PartyGenç Parti GP pre. Cem Uzan (now vacant)Centre2002
Future PartyGelecek Partisi - Ahmet DavutoğluRight2019
New Welfare PartyYeniden Refah Partisi - Fatih ErbakanMilli GörüşFar-right [7]2018

Former

Inactive parties

The following parties are inactive, and they are not listed in the active political parties list by the Supreme Court of Appeal.[8]

Party Name Turkish name Abbr. Ideology Position
Socialist AlternativeSosyalist Alternatif SA Marxist, Trotskyist, Committee for a Workers InternationalLeft-wing
People's Communist Party of TurkeyHalkın Türkiye Komünist Partisi HTKP Left-wing
Socialist Democracy PartySosyalist Demokrasi Partisi SDP Left-wing
Participatory Democracy PartyKatılımcı Demokrasi Partisi KADEP Kurdish nationalism
Democracy Party of Turkey & KurdistanTürkiye Kürdistan Demokrasi Partisi T-KDP Kurdish nationalism
Alternative and Change PartyAlternatif ve Değişim Partisi AL PARTİ Conservative
Nation and Justice PartyMillet ve Adalet Partisi MİLAD Conservative
People's Ascent PartyHalkın Yükselişi Partisi HYP Liberal
Turkey's Change MovementTürkiye Değişim Hareketi TDH Liberal
Social Reconciliation Reform and Development PartyToplumsal Uzlaşma Reform ve Kalkınma Partisi TURK-P Nationalism
Independent Republic PartyBağımsız Cumhuriyet Partisi BCP Nationalism
Rights and Equality PartyHak ve Eşitlik Partisi HEPAR Nationalism
Electronic Democracy PartyElektronik Demokrasi Partisi e-Parti Centre

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.

Banned parties

These are some of the parties that were banned through extraordinary courts or the Constitutional Court of Turkey.

See also

References
  1. Cook, Steven A. (2012). "Recent History: The Rise of the Justice and Development Party". U.S.-Turkey Relations: A New Partnership to: 52.
  2. Göçek, Fatma Müge (2011). "The Transformation of Turkey: Redefining State and Society from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Era". I.B. Tauris: 56. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
    Tocci, Nathalie (2012). "Turkey and the European Union". The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey: 241.
  3. "AKP and the great neo-Ottoman travesty | US & Canada | al Jazeera".
  4. Yavuz, M. Hakan (1998). "Turkish identity and foreign policy in flux: The rise of Neo‐Ottomanism". Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies. 7 (12): 19–41. doi:10.1080/10669929808720119.
  5. Kardaş, Şaban (2010). "Turkey: Redrawing the Middle East Map or Building Sandcastles?". Middle East Policy. 17: 115–136. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4967.2010.00430.x.
  6. Party Program of DEVA https://devapartisi.org/temel-metinler/parti-programi. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Erbakan supports the marriage of 15 years old children".
  8. "Faaliyette Olan Siyasi Partiler" (PDF). The Supreme Court of Appeal. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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