Party of the Greens and the Left Future

{{Infobox political party

| country = Turkey

| native_name = Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi

| name = Party of Greens and the Left Future

| abbreviation = YEŞİL SOL PARTİ {{small|(official)}}
YSP, YSGP {{small|(unofficial)}}

| colorcode = {{party color|Party of the Greens and the Left Future}}

| logo = Logo of the Green Left Party.png

| leader1_title = Co-Spokespersons

| leader1_name = Ahmet Asena
Didem Betül Göçer

| foundation = {{Start date|2012|11|25|df=y}} (first)
{{Start date|2023|11|24|df=y}} (second){{cite web|url=https://www.yargitaycb.gov.tr/icerik/1897|lang=tr |access-date=22 February 2024|title=Yeşil Sol Parti|website=Court of Cassation}}

| merger = Equality and Democracy Party
Greens Party (first)

| merged = Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (first)

| ideology = Green politics
Left-libertarianism
Anti-capitalism
Alter-globalization
Direct democracy
Secularism
Anti-Zionism

| membership =

| membership_year =

| position = Centre-left to left-wing

| newspaper =

| national = Peoples' Democratic Congress
Labour and Freedom Alliance

| european = European Green Party associate member{{cite web | url=https://europeangreens.eu/our-member-parties/tr/ | title=Turkey | date=30 October 2023 }}

| headquarters = Atatürk Bulvarı No:88 Daire: 16 Çankaya – Ankara

| colours = {{Small|{{Color box|{{party color|Green Left Party}}|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|{{party color|Party of the Greens and the Left Future}}|border=darkgray}}}}

| seats1_title = Grand National Assembly

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Party of the Greens and the Left Future}}}}

| website = {{URL|https://yesilsolparti.org/}}

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Party of Greens and the Left Future ({{langx|tr|Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi}}, YSGP), abbreviated as Green Left Party ({{langx|tr|Yeşil Sol Parti}}, YSP), is a green and left-libertarian party in Turkey.

History

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The first YSP was founded on 25 November 2012 as a merger of the Greens Party and the Equality and Democracy Party. The party changed its name in April 2016. Prominent members include Murat Belge, left-wing political author and former columnist for Taraf; Kutluğ Ataman, filmmaker and contemporary artist; and Ufuk Uras, former Istanbul deputy and president of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP).

The party is one of the participants in the Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK), a political initiative instrumental in founding the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in 2012.

Their chairpersons were temporarily arrested in February 2018 but released with a travel ban for the exterior and under monitoring of the police. They were charged over social media activity and books in their possession.{{Cite web|url=https://europeangreens.eu/news/stop-leaders-turkish-green-party-being-jailed-under-false-charges|title=Stop the leaders of the Turkish Green Party from being jailed under false charges|website=European Greens|language=en|access-date=26 March 2020|archive-date=23 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523070020/https://europeangreens.eu/news/stop-leaders-turkish-green-party-being-jailed-under-false-charges|url-status=dead}}

In the 2023 parliamentary election, members of the HDK most famously the HDP ran on the YSP list because of the threat of a ban. YSP was transformed into the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party on 15 October 2023 and a new YSP was founded in November of the same year.

Political positions

The party supports decentralization and advocates for significantly shifting central powers to local governments.{{Cite web|url=https://yesilsolparti.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/hap-soru-sikistirildi.pdf|accessdate=30 September 2023|title=Umudun siyasetini birlikte büyütmek için|date=September 2021|language=TR|website=yesilsolparti.org}} Ufuk Uras identifies as a left libertarian. In 2015 he said:

The libertarian left is different from the traditional left because of its principles. These are: going in and out of power through elections, respect for different identities and beliefs, socially libertarian, egalitarian, eco-minded, participatory and for the restoration of justice. We would like the HDP to have such a profile. What we are trying to do is to adopt the Syriza experience in Greece to the HDP in Turkey.{{cite web | title=Turkish libertarian: Pro-Kurdish HDP in Turkey should be like Syriza in Greece | website=rudaw.net | date=1 January 1970 | url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/interview/02062015 | access-date=9 September 2024}}

The party has formally acknowledged the Armenian genocide.{{cite web |url = http://armenpress.am/eng/news/783523/turkey%E2%80%99s-green-party-recognizes-armenian-genocide.html |title = Turkey's Green Party recognizes Armenian Genocide | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency |date = 11 November 2014 |publisher = Armenpress.am |access-date = 23 April 2015 }}