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Labour and Freedom Alliance
Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı
Founded25 August 2022
IdeologySocialism
Left-wing populism
Anti-capitalism
Progressivism
Minority rights[1]
Factions:
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
Member parties
Colors    Red and purple
SloganTogether we will succeed!
(Turkish: Hep birlikte başaracağız!)[2]
Grand National Assembly
60 / 600
Metropolitan municipalities
  • Won
    3 / 30
  • After the trustee was appointed
    0 / 30
Provincial mayorship
  • Won
    5 / 51
  • After the trustee was appointed
    0 / 51
District municipalities
6 / 1,351
Provincial councillors
101 / 1,251
Municipalial Assemblies
1,232 / 20,498
Metropolitan Municipal Assemblies
146 / 2,591

The Labour and Freedom Alliance[a] (Turkish: Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı, Kurdish: Hevkariya Ked û Azadiyê) is an electoral alliance in Turkey, formed by Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP), Labour Party (EMEP), Labourist Movement Party (EHP), Social Freedom Party (TÖP) and Federation of Socialist Councils (SMF).[4] The alliance declared its foundation on the 25th August 2022. In their declaration, the member parties jointly proclaimed that the alliance aims "equality, freedom, fraternity, peace and democracy for the Turkish society."[3]

Foundation

The initial process of alliance negotiations started with meetings of individual parties.[5] In early 2022, HDP openly called for left-wing parties to build a political alliance and invited TİP, EMEP, EHP, TÖP, SMF, SOL Parti and TKP for a preliminary gagthering and discussion. SOL Parti immediately announced that they would not participate in discussions, citing disagreements on timing and strategy,[6] while TKP declared their withdrawal after the first meeting.[7][b] Although part of the meetings throughout, Halkevleri decided to not take part in the final formation of the alliance due to their reluctance to focus on upcoming elections, although adding that they would support the goals of the alliance.[9]

Labour and Freedom Alliance announcing its political goals on 24th September 2022.

The parties declared that the political program and the roadmap of the alliance will be announced in Haliç Congress Center, İstanbul on 24 September 2022.[10] Eighty literary figures from Turkey, including names like Murathan Mungan, Zülfü Livaneli, İnci Aral and Ahmet Ümit, signed a public declaration to support the alliance's foundation and its political goals.[11]

Ideology

The member parties declared they would announce the alliance's guiding principles and political programme in September 2022.[4] The leader of EMEP, Ercüment Akdeniz [tr] pointed out that the strengthening of secularism, the democratization of the country, equal citizenship rights and putting an end to the economic, societal and environmental exploitation are the main political focuses while adding that the alliance should aim to expand beyond its current members.[12] Erkan Baş, leader of TİP, maintained that the alliance should constitute a credible alternative for "millions of people who are not (properly) represented by Nation or People's Alliance"[13] and successfully encompass "workers, young people, farmers, women, LGBTI community, Kurds and Alevis".[14]

Per the political declaration of the alliance, the parties offer an egalitarian, environmentalist, democratic and feminist vision for Turkey, while denouncing the pro-business, crony capitalist, neo-liberal and authoritarian practices of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and AKP governments.[15]

Composition

Party Abbr. President Ideology Seats in parliament
Peoples' Democratic Party
Halkların Demokratik Partisi 		HDP Mithat Sancar
Pervin Buldan 		Democratic socialism
Minority rights
Social democracy
56 / 600
Workers' Party of Turkey
Türkiye İşçi Partisi 		TİP Erkan Baş Communism
Left-wing populism
4 / 600
Labour Party
Emek Partisi 		EMEP Ercüment Akdeniz Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Hoxhaism
Anti-revisionism
0 / 600
Labourist Movement Party
Emekçi Hareket Partisi 		EHP Hakan Öztürk Communism
Marxism–Leninism
0 / 600
Social Freedom Party
Toplumsal Özgürlük Partisi 		TÖP Perihan Koca Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Libertarian socialism
0 / 600

Non-governmental organizations

Name Abbr. President Ideology
Federation of Socialist Assemblies
Sosyalist Meclisler Federasyonu 		SMF Collective Leadership Communism
Maoism

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The alliance is also colloquially known as the Third Alliance (Üçüncü İttifak in Turkish) by the Turkish media and society, as this alliance constitutes the third largest composition of parties, and was announced after the People's and Nation Alliance.[3]
  2. ^ SOL Parti and TKP announced another electoral alliance with different left-wing parties called Union of Socialist Forces.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı deklarasyonu açıklandı". Duvar. Retrieved 5 December 2022. Farklı kültürlere, kimliklere, inançlara ve yaşam tarzlarına saygıya dayalı eşit yurttaşlık hakkının temel bir ilke olarak benimsenmesi [...] Diyalog ve çözüm zeminini kurmak ve güçlendirmek ve demokratik müzakere yöntemleriyle tüm toplum için geleceğin kazanılmasına önayak olmak; bu çerçevede, başta anadili hakkı olmak üzere tüm evrensel kimlik haklarının tanınması için gerekli düzenlemelerin yapılması büyük önem taşımaktadır.
  2. ^ "Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı seçimleri nasıl etkileyecek?". Gazete Duvar. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  3. ^ a b "Üçüncü ittifak ilan edildi: Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı - Diken". www.diken.com.tr. 2022-08-25. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  4. ^ a b Gazetesi, Evrensel. "Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı kuruluyor!". Evrensel.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  5. ^ "HDP'den EMEP ve TİP'e ziyaret". amp.artigercek.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  6. ^ "Sol Parti: HDP'nin çağrısıyla gerçekleşecek 'Demokrasi İttifakı' adı altında yapılacak çalışmanın parçası değiliz". Independent Türkçe (in Turkish). 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  7. ^ "TKP'den, HDP'nin çağrısıyla gerçekleşen yeni toplantıya ilişkin karar". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  8. ^ "Sosyalist Güç Birliği kuruldu: 'Bu halk düşmanı rejime son vereceğiz'". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  9. ^ "Halkevleri Genel Başkanı Nebiye Merttürk: "Neoliberalizme ve faşizme karşı direnişin barikatlarını örgütleyecek, direnişte birleşeceğiz"". Sendika.Org (in Turkish). 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  10. ^ "HDP: Emeğin ve Özgürlüğün İttifakı yola çıkıyor". Dokuz8 Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  11. ^ "Edebiyatçılardan Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı'na destek". ilerihaber.org. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  12. ^ Gazetesi, Evrensel. "EMEP Genel Başkanı Akdeniz, Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı çalışmalarını anlattı". Evrensel.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  13. ^ "Erkan Baş: üçüncü bir ittifaka ihtiyaç var!". www.7-24esenlerhaber.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  14. ^ GMBH, Artı Gerçek-ARTI MEDIA. "'Erkan Baş'tan 'üçüncü ittifak' açıklaması". Arti Gerçek (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  15. ^ Duvar, Gazete (2022-09-24). "Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı deklarasyonu açıklandı". www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/emek-ve-ozgurluk-ittifaki-deklarasyonu-aciklandi-haber-1582368 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-09-25.
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