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List of political parties in Turkey

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Turkey is a presidential republic with a multi-party system. Major parties are defined as political parties that received more than 7% 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 Council (Yüksek Seçim Kurulu in Turkish, abbreviated as YSK) and don't have any representatives in the parliament. Forming a political party without prior permission is a constitutional right, but the Interior Ministry may delay registering a new party for years, so the party cannot stand in elections.

If the ID and serial number of a person's Turkish identity card is known, anyone can query their political party membership via the website of the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal or mobile phone messages.

Political parties represented in the Turkish Parliament

Main article: 2023 Turkish parliamentary election

General information about the parties holding seats in the Grand National Assembly as of June 2023:

#PartyLeaderPositionIdeologyMPsMetro. Mun.ProvincesDistrictsProvincial
councillorsMunicipal
Assemb.1Justice and Development Party (Turkey)}}"2Republican People's Party (Turkey)}}"3Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party}}"4Nationalist Movement Party}}"5İYİ Party}}"6Democracy and Progress Party}}"7Felicity Party}}"8Free Cause Party}}"9New Welfare Party}}"10Workers' Party of Turkey (2017)}}"11Democratic Regions Party}}"12Labour Party (Turkey)}}"13Democrat Party (Turkey, current)}}"14Democratic Left Party (Turkey)}}"
AK PARTİJustice and Development Party
Adalet ve Kalkınma PartisiRecep Tayyip ErdoğanRight-wingNational conservatism
Neo-Ottomanism
CHPRepublican People's Party
Cumhuriyet Halk PartisiÖzgür ÖzelCentre-leftKemalism
Social democracy
DEM PARTİPeoples' Equality and Democracy Party
Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi PartisiTülay Hatimoğulları
Tuncer BakırhanCentre-left
to left-wingRegionalism
Minority rights
Kurdish nationalism
MHPNationalist Movement Party
Milliyetçi Hareket PartisiDevlet BahçeliFar-rightUltranationalism
Neo-fascism
İYİ PARTİGood Party
İYİ PartiMüsavat DervişoğluCentre-right
to right-wingKemalism
National conservatism
DEVADemocracy and Progress Party
Demokrasi ve Atılım PartisiAli BabacanCentre-rightLiberal conservatism
Pro-Europeanism
SAADETFelicity Party
Saadet PartisiMahmut ArıkanRight-wingNational Outlook
Islamism
HÜDA PARFree Cause Party
Hür Dava PartisiZekeriya YapıcıoğluFar-rightIslamic fundamentalism
Minority rights
YRPNew Welfare Party
Yeniden Refah PartisiFatih ErbakanFar-rightNational Outlook
Islamism
TİPWorkers' Party of Turkey
Türkiye İşçi PartisiErkan BaşLeft-wing
to far-leftCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
DBPDemocratic Regions Party
Demokratik Bölgeler PartisiÇiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar
Keskin BayındırLeft-wingRegionalism
Minority rights
EMEPLabour Party
Emek PartisiSeyit AslanFar-leftCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
DPDemocrat Party
Demokrat PartiGültekin UysalCentre-rightLiberal conservatism
Pro-Europeanism
DSPDemocratic Left Party
Demokratik Sol PartiÖnder AksakalCentre-leftEcevitism
Social democracy

Other political parties

Other parties eligible to contest in elections (by March 2023)

PartyLeaderPositionIdeologyMPsMetro. Mun.ProvincesDistrictsProvincial council.Municipal Assemb.Justice Party (Turkey, 2015)}}"Motherland Party (Turkey, 2011)}}"Independent Turkey Party}}"Great Union Party}}"Future Party (Turkey)}}"Young Party}}"Rights and Freedoms Party (Turkey)}}"People's Liberation Party (Turkey)}}"Homeland Party (Turkey, 2021)}}"Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)}}"National Path Party}}"Left Party (Turkey)}}"Communist Movement of Turkey}}"Communist Party of Turkey (modern)}}"Patriotic Party (Turkey)}}"Victory Party (Turkey)}}"Key Party (Turkey)}}"
AB PARTİ
Adalet Birlik Partisiİrfan Uzun
APJustice Party
Adalet PartisiVecdet ÖzCentre-rightLiberal conservatism
Kemalism
ANAPMotherland Party
Anavatan Partisiİbrahim ÇelebiCentre-rightLiberal conservatism
BTPIndependent Turkey Party
Bağımsız Türkiye PartisiHüseyin BaşRadical centreCivic nationalism
Kemalism
BBPGreat Unity Party
Büyük Birlik PartisiMustafa DesticiFar-rightTurkish Islamonationalism
GELECEK PARTİSİFuture Party
Gelecek PartisiAhmet DavutoğluCentre-right to Right-wingConservatism
Pro-Europeanism
GENÇPARTİYoung Party
Genç PartiBurçin ŞahindurEconomic liberalism
Populism
HAK-PARRights and Freedoms Party
Hak ve Özgürlükler PartisiDüzgün KaplanKurdish nationalism
Federalism
HKPPeople's Liberation Party
Halkın Kurtuluş PartisiNurullah AnkutFar-leftCommunism
Left-wing nationalism
MEMLEKETHomeland Party
Memleket PartisiMuharrem İnceCentreKemalism
Pro-Europeanism
MİLLETNation Party
Millet PartisiCuma NacarRight-wingNational conservatism
Turkish nationalism
MYPNational Path Party
Milli Yol PartisiRemzi ÇayırFar-rightTurkish-Islamic nationalism
Social conservatism
SOL PARTİLeft Party
SOL PartiÖnder İşleyenLeft-wing to Far-leftSocialism
Left-wing populism
TKHCommunist Movement of Turkey
Türkiye Komünist HareketiAysel TekerekFar-leftCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
TKPCommunist Party of Turkey
Türkiye Komünist PartisiKemal OkuyanFar-leftCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
VATAN PARTİSİPatriotic Party
Vatan PartisiDoğu PerinçekFar-leftUlusalism
Eurasianism
YTPNew Turkey Party
Yeni Türkiye PartisiEngin YılmazRight-wingSocial conservatism
Right-wing populism
ZAFER PARTİSİVictory Party
Zafer PartisiÜmit ÖzdağFar-rightUltranationalism
Anti-immigration
ANAHTAR PARTİKey Party
Anahtar PartiYavuz AğıralioğluRight-wing to Far-rightNational conservatism
Turkish nationalism

General information on other political parties registered in the Ministry of Interior:

Abbr.Party NameTurkish nameLeader(s)PositionIdeologyDate of foundationSocialist Workers' Party of Turkey}}"Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey)}}"Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (Turkey)}}"Homeland Party (Turkey)}}"True Path Party (2007)}}"Revolutionary Workers' Party (Turkey)}}"Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)}}"Socialist Liberation Party}}"Party of the Greens and the Left Future}}"National Struggle Party}}"Centre Party (Turkey)}}"
TSİPSocialist Workers' Party of TurkeyTürkiye Sosyalist İşçi PartisiTurgut KoçakFar-leftCommunism, Anti-revisionism1993
LDPLiberal Democratic PartyLiberal Demokrat PartiGültekin TırpancıCentreClassical liberalism1994
DSİPRevolutionary Socialist Workers' PartyDevrimci Sosyalist İşçi PartisiTuna Emren, Şenol KarakaşFar-leftTrotskyism1997
YURT-PHomeland PartyYurt PartisiSadettin TantanCentre-rightConservatism2002
DYPTrue Path PartyDoğru Yol PartisiCenk KüpeliCentre-rightLiberal conservatism2007
DİPRevolutionary Workers' PartyDevrimci İşçi PartisiÖmer Sungur SavranFar-leftTrotskyism2007
ULUSALNational PartyUlusal PartiGökçe Fırat ÇulhaoğluFar-leftNationalism2010
HDPPeoples' Democratic PartyHalkların Demokratik PartisiCahit Kırkazak
Sultan ÖzcanCentre-left to left-wingMinority rights, Kurdish nationalism2012
1920 TKPSocialist Liberation PartyToplumcu Kurtuluş Partisiİsmail KaplanFar-leftCommunism, Marxism–Leninism2012
YSPGreen Left PartyYeşil Sol PartiEylem Tuncaelli, Naci SönmezLeft-wingGreen politics2012
TURANTuran Movement PartyTuran Hareketi PartisiVarol EsenFar-rightNationalism, Turanism2014
MMPNational Struggle PartyMilli Mücadele PartisiAhmet KayaNationalism
Kemalism2014
KPWomen's PartyKadın PartisiFatma Benal YazganFeminism2014
MEPCentre PartyMerkez PartiPelin Gündeş BakırCentre to centre-rightLiberal2014
DEZA-PARDemocracy Time PartyDemokrasi Zamanı Partisiİlhami ÇağrıtekinZaza nationalism2016
OSMANLIOttoman PartyOsmanlı PartisiHabip GeleşFar-rightNeo-Ottomanism
Turkish nationalism2016
ÖTÜKENOtuken Union PartyÖtüken Birliği PartisiÇağatay Korkut KörüklüFar-rightNationalism, Pan-Turkism2017
HÜRRİYETLiberty PartyHürriyet PartisiAli GülCentreLiberalism, Egalitarianism, Anti-corruption2025

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.

Party NameTurkish nameAbbr.IdeologyPositionAlternative and Change Party}}"Nation and Justice Party}}"People's Ascent Party}}"Electronic Democracy Party}}"
Democracy Party of Turkey & KurdistanTürkiye Kürdistan Demokrasi PartisiT-KDPKurdish nationalismBig tent
Alternative and Change PartyAlternatif ve Değişim PartisiAL PARTİConservativeRight-wing
Nation and Justice PartyMillet ve Adalet PartisiMİLAD
People's Ascent PartyHalkın Yükselişi PartisiHYPSocial democracyCentre-left
Turkey's Change MovementTürkiye Değişim HareketiTDHSocial democracyCentre-left
Social Reconciliation Reform and Development PartyToplumsal Uzlaşma Reform ve Kalkınma PartisiTURK-PNationalism
Independent Republican PartyBağımsız Cumhuriyet PartisiBCPNationalism
Electronic Democracy PartyElektronik Demokrasi Partisie-PartiLiberalSingle-issue

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 Turkish coups d'état.

Defunct and historical partiesParty NamePositionNotesAlternative Party}}"Anatolia Party}}"New Turkey Party (2002)}}"Social Democracy Party (Turkey)}}"Populist Party (Turkey)}}"Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)}}"Socialist Democracy Party}}"Republican Villagers Nation Party}}"Nationalist Task Party}}"Nationalist Democracy Party}}"Rights and Equality Party}}"Green Party (Turkey)}}"Justice Party (Turkey)}}"Communist Party (Turkey, 2014)}}" align="center"Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961)}}"Nation Party (Turkey, 1948)}}"Democratic Party (Turkey, 1970)}}"True Path Party}}"New Turkey Party (1961)}}"People's Voice Party}}"Liberal Republican Party (Turkey)}}"Liberty Party (Turkey)}}"National Salvation Party}}"
Alternative Party (Alternatif Parti)Right-wingConservative
Participatory Democracy Party (Katılımcı Demokrasi Partisi)Centre-leftdissolved in 2019
Anatolia Party (Anadolu Partisi)Centre-leftdissolved in 2015
Democratic Left People's Party (Demokratik Sol Halk Partisi)Centre-leftdissolved in 2010
New Turkey Party (2002) (Yeni Türkiye Partisi)Centre-leftjoined CHP in 2004
Social Democracy Party (SODEP) (Sosyal Demokrat Parti)Centre-leftmerged with People's Party to form Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1985
People's Party (Halkçı Parti)merged with SODEP to form Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1985
Social Democratic Populist Party (Sosyaldemokrat Halkçı Parti)Centre-leftmerged with CHP in 1995
Socialist Democracy Party (Sosyalist Demokrasi Partisi)Left-wingmerged to Peoples' Democratic Party in 2015
People's Communist Party of Turkey (Halkın Türkiye Komünist Partisi)Far-leftdissolved in 2017
Republican Villagers Nation Party (Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Millet Partisi)Nationalistmerger of two parties, replaced by MHP in 1969
Nationalist Task Party (Milliyetçi Çalışma Partisi)Nationalistreplaced by MHP in 1992
Nationalist Democracy Party (Milliyetçi Demokrasi Partisi)Nationalistdissolved 1986
Rights and Equality Party (Hak ve Eşitlik Partisi)Nationalist, Populistdissolved 2019
Greens of Turkey (Yeşiller Partisi)Green politicsmerged with EDP to form Greens and the Left Party of the Future (Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi) in 2012.
Equality and Democracy Party (Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi)Green politicsmerged with the Greens to form Greens and the Left Party of the Future (Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi) in 2012.
Justice Party (Adalet Partisi)Conservative, right-wingclosed on 12 September 1980
Communist Party (Komünist Parti)Far-leftMember of United June Movement, Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties and International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties. Founded in 2014, Dissolved in 2017
Democrat Party (Demokrat Parti)Centre-right1946-1961
Nation Party (Millet Partisi)Right-wing1948–1953 and 1962–1977
New Party (Yeni Parti)dissolved 2012
Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti)Centre-right1970-1980
Democratic Center Party (Demokratik Merkez Partisi)Right-wingmerged into DYP on September 14, 1991
True Path Party (Doğru Yol Partisi)Centre-rightmerged with Motherland Party into Democrat Party (Turkey, 2007) in 2007
New Turkey Party (1961) (Yeni Türkiye Partisi)Right-wingjoined to Justice Party in 1973
People's Voice Party (Halkın Sesi Partisi)Right-wingdissolved in 2012
Turkey Party (Türkiye Partisi)Centre-rightdissolved in 2012
Liberal Republican Party (Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası)Centre-right, Liberaldissolved itself in 1930
Liberty Party (Hürriyet Partisi)Liberaljoined CHP in 1958
National Salvation Party (Milli Selâmet Partisi)Sunni Islamistclosed on 12 September 1980
National Development Party (Milli Kalkınma Partisi)Sunni Islamist

Banned parties

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

Banned partiesParty NamePositionNotesWorkers' Party of Turkey (1961)}}"Labour Party (Turkey)}}"Progressive Republican Party (Turkey)}}"National Order Party}}"Welfare Party}}"Virtue Party}}"People's Democracy Party}}"
Fatherland Party
(Vatan Partisi)Left-wingbanned in 1954
Workers Party of Turkey (Türkiye İşçi Partisi)Far-leftbanned in 1971, represented in the national senate in early 1960s. (1961–1987) eventually merged with the Communist Party of Turkey in 1987.
United Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Birleşik Komünist Partisi)Far-leftbanned in 1991; ban found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 1998 (1987–1991)
Labour Party (Emek Partisi)Far-leftban found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2005, and re-established
Progressive Republican Party (Terakkiperver Cumhuriyet Fırkası)Conservativebanned on 3 June 1925 (1924–1925)
National Order Party (Milli Nizam Partisi)Sunni Islamistbanned on 20 May 1971 (1970–1971)
Welfare Party (Refah Partisi)Sunni Islamistbanned on 16 January 1998; (1983-1998)
Virtue Party (Fazilet Partisi)Sunni Islamistbanned on 22 June 2001; (1998-2001) ECHR case withdrawn by applicant 2005
People's Labor Party (Halkın Emek Partisi)Kurdish nationalistbanned in July 1993 (1990-1993)
Democracy Party (Demokrasi Partisi)Kurdish nationalistbanned on 16 June 1994; found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2002 (1993-1994)
People’s Democracy Party (Halkın Demokrasi Partisi)Kurdish nationalistbanned on 13 March 2003; found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2010 (1994-2003)
Democratic Society Party (Demokratik Toplum Partisi)Kurdish nationalistbanned on 11 December 2009; ECHR case ongoing (2005-2009)
Great Turkey Party (Büyük Türkiye Partisi)Turkish nationalistbanned in 1983

Notes

References

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