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 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[edit]

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.
1 Justice and Development Party
Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
AK PARTİ Ahmet Davutoğlu Conservative democracy,
Economic liberalism
Center-right,
Right-wing
258 / 550
18 / 30
800 / 1,351
- Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists -
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi.png 2 Republican People's Party
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
CHP Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Social democracy,
Kemalism
Center-left
132 / 550
6 / 30
226 / 1,351
- Party of European Socialists Socialist International
MHP flag.svg 3 Nationalist Movement Party
Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi
MHP Devlet Bahçeli Turkish nationalism,
Cultural conservatism
Far-right
80 / 550
3 / 30
166 / 1,351
- - -
HDP-logo.svg 4 Peoples' Democratic Party
Halkların Demokratik Partisi
HDP Selahattin Demirtaş
Figen Yüksekdağ
Democratic socialism,
Direct democracy
Left-wing
80 / 550
2 / 30
97 / 1,351
Peoples' Democratic Congress - -
Source: "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Milletvekilleri Dağılımı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi. 
"30 Mart 2014 Mahalli İdareler Genel Seçimleri Resmi Gazeteye Gönderilen Seçim Sonuçları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Yüksek Seçim Kurulu. 

Parties with no elected representation[edit]

Parties below the parliamentary threshold in 2015 General Election
# Party Name Abbr. Leader(s) Ideology Position Municipalities
5 Felicity Party
Saadet Partisi
SAADET Mustafa Kamalak Sunni Islamism,
Conservatism
Centre-right
27 / 1,351
6 Patriotic Party
Vatan Partisi
Vatan Partisi Doğu Perinçek Scientific socialism,
Vanguardism, Left-wing nationalism
Left-wing
0 / 1,351
7 Independent Turkey Party
Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi
BTP Haydar Baş National Economy Model,
Alevi and Shia rights
Centre
0 / 1,351
8 Democratic Left Party
Demokratik Sol Parti
DSP Masum Türker Democratic socialism,
Kemalism
Centre-left
5 / 1,351
9 Democratic Party
Demokrat Parti
DP Gültekin Uysal Turkish nationalism,
Liberal nationalism
Centre-right
14 / 1,351
10 Social Reconciliation Reform and Development Party
Toplumsal Uzlaşma Reform ve Kalkınma Partisi
TURK-P Eyüp Özgüç Third way,
Turkish nationalism
Centre-right
0 / 1,351
11 People's Liberation Party
Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi
HKP Nurullah Ankut Marxism,
Left-wing nationalism
Far left
0 / 1,351
12 Rights and Liberties Party
Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi
HAK-PAR Fehmi Demir Kurdish nationalism Centre-right
0 / 1,351
13 True Path Party
Doğru Yol Partisi
DYP Çetin Özaçıkgöz Economic liberalism,
conservatism
Centre-right
0 / 1,351
14 Anatolia Party
Anadolu Partisi
AnaParti Emine Ülker Tarhan Social democracy,
Feminism
Centre-left
0 / 1,351
15 Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Demokrat Parti
LDP Cem Toker Classical liberalism Centre
1 / 1,351
16 Centre Party
Merkez Parti
Merkez Parti Abdurrahim Karslı Liberalism, Euroscepticism Centre-right
0 / 1,351
17 Nation Party
Millet Partisi
MİLLET Aykut Edibali Conservatism, Turkish nationalism Right-wing
1 / 1,351
18 Communist Party
Komünist Parti
KP Özlem Şen Abay Communism, Marxism-Leninsm Far left
1 / 1,351
19 Homeland Party
Yurt Partisi
YURT-P Saadettin Tantan Conservatism Right wing
9 / 1,351
- Great Union Party
Büyük Birlik Partisi
BBP Mustafa Destici Sunni Islamism,
Conservatism
Far right
6 / 1,351
Source: "7 Haziran 2015 Yurt İçi, Yurt Dışı Ve Gümrük Sandıkları Dahil Milletvekili Genel Seçimi Sonucu" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Yüksek Seçim Kurulu. 
"30 Mart 2014 Mahalli İdareler Genel Seçimleri Resmi Gazeteye Gönderilen Seçim Sonuçları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Yüksek Seçim Kurulu. 

Minor parties[edit]

Defunct and historical parties[edit]

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[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]