list of political parties in Turkey
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{{Politics of Turkey}}
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,{{Cite web|title=We are starting the legal process to use our democratic right!|url=https://yesiller.org.tr/2021/03/22/we-are-starting-the-legal-process-to-use-our-democratic-right/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Green Party (Turkey)}}{{Cite web|last=Ergin|first=Sedat|title=Türkiye'de bir Yeşiller Partisi kurmaya kalktığınızda|trans-title=When you try to establish a Green Party in Turkey|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/sedat-ergin/turkiyede-bir-yesiller-partisi-kurmaya-kalktiginizda-41957757|access-date=2021-12-12|website=Hürriyet|date=10 December 2021 |language=tr}} so the party cannot stand in elections.{{Cite web|last=Keyman|first=Fuat|date=2022-01-22|title=Yeşiller Partisi niye engelleniyor ve Muhalefet ne yapmalı?|trans-title=Why is the Green Party blocked and what should the Opposition do?|url=https://www.politikyol.com/yesiller-partisi-niye-engelleniyor-ve-muhalefet-ne-yapmali/|access-date=2022-01-27|website=PolitikYol|language=tr}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Duties Relating to Political Parties|url=https://www.gpo.gov.tr/kategori/96/duties-relating-to-political-parties|access-date=22 March 2021|website=Court of Cassation (Turkey)}}{{Cite web|title=Siyasi Parti Üyeliği|url=https://www.yargitaycb.gov.tr/kategori/111/siyasi-parti-uyeligi}}
Political parties represented in the Turkish Parliament
{{Main|2023 Turkish parliamentary election}}
General information about the parties holding seats in the Grand National Assembly as of June 2023:{{cite web | url=https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/sandalyedagilimi | title=Türki̇ye Büyük Mi̇llet Mecli̇si̇}}
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| scope="col" | #
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Party ! Leader ! Position ! Ideology ! {{Tooltip|MPs|Number of seats in the Parliament}} ! {{Tooltip|Metro. Mun.|Metropolitan municipality}} !{{Tooltip|Provinces |
|---|
! {{Tooltip|Districts|}}
! {{Tooltip|Provincial
councillors|Number of members in provincial councils}}
! {{Tooltip|Municipal
Assemb.|Number of Members in municipal assemblies}}
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! scope="col" | 1
! style="background-color:{{party color|Justice and Development Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | AK PARTİ
| Justice and Development Party
Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
| National conservatism
Neo-Ottomanism
| {{Composition bar|273|600|hex={{party color|Justice and Development Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|12|30|hex={{party color|Justice and Development Party (Turkey)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|12|51|hex={{party color|Justice and Development Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|375|973|hex={{party color|Justice and Development Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|592|1282|hex={{party color|Justice and Development Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|8174|20952|hex={{party color|Justice and Development Party (Turkey)}}}}
|-
! scope="col" | 2
! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican People's Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | CHP
| Republican People's Party
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
| {{Composition bar|135|600|hex={{party color|Republican People's Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|14|30|hex={{party color|Republican People's Party (Turkey)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|21|51|hex={{party color|Republican People's Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|311|973|hex={{party color|Republican People's Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|300|1282|hex={{party color|Republican People's Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|6565|20952|hex={{party color|Republican People's Party (Turkey)}}}}
|-
!3
! style="background-color:{{party color|Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party}}" |
| align="center" | DEM PARTİ
| Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party
Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi
| Tülay Hatimoğulları
Tuncer Bakırhan
| Centre-left
to left-wing
| Regionalism
Minority rights
Kurdish nationalism
| {{Composition bar|56|600|hex={{party color|Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|30|hex={{party color|Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|3|51|hex={{party color|Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|50|973|hex={{party color|Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|132|1282|hex={{party color|Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1410|20952|hex={{party color|Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party}}}}
|-
! scope="col" | 4
! style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Movement Party}}" |
| align="center" | MHP
| Nationalist Movement Party
Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi
| Far-right{{bulleted list|{{cite news|title=Turkish far right on the rise|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/turkish-far-right-on-the-rise-1088461.html|accessdate=29 August 2014|work=The Independent|date=20 April 1999|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5tTEgQHid?url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/turkish-far-right-on-the-rise-1088461.html|archivedate=14 October 2010|url-status=live|language=en}}|{{cite journal|last=Avcı|first=Gamze|date=September 2011|title=The Nationalist Movement Party's Euroscepticism: Party Ideology Meets Strategy|journal=South European Society and Politics|publisher=Routledge|volume=16|issue=3|pages=435–447|issn=1743-9612|url=https://wiki.zirve.edu.tr/sandbox/groups/economicsandadministrativesciences/wiki/ff77d/attachments/f46f9/W7-Avci%202.PDF|doi=10.1080/13608746.2011.598359|s2cid=154513216|accessdate=18 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521115140/https://wiki.zirve.edu.tr/sandbox/groups/economicsandadministrativesciences/wiki/ff77d/attachments/f46f9/W7-Avci%202.PDF|archivedate=21 May 2014|url-status=dead|language=en}}|{{cite book|last=Çınar|first=Alev|author2=Burak Arıkan|title=Political Parties in Turkey|editor=Barry Rubin & Metin Heper|publisher=Routledge|location=Londra|date=2002|pages=25|chapter=The Nationalist Action Party: Representing the State, the Nation or the Nationalists?|isbn=0714652741|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B71dAgAAQBAJ|language=en}}}}
| {{Composition bar|47|600|hex={{party color|Nationalist Movement Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Nationalist Movement Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|8|51|hex={{party color|Nationalist Movement Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|113|973|hex={{party color|Nationalist Movement Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|207|1282|hex={{party color|Nationalist Movement Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|2715|20952|hex={{party color|Nationalist Movement Party}}}}
|-
! scope="col" | 5
! style="background-color:{{party color|İYİ Party}}" |
| align="center" | İYİ PARTİ
| Good Party
İYİ Parti
| Kemalism
National conservatism
| {{Composition bar|29|600|hex={{party color|İYİ Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|İYİ Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|1|51|hex={{party color|İYİ Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|11|973|hex={{party color|İYİ Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|14|1282|hex={{party color|İYİ Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|476|20952|hex={{party color|İYİ Party}}}}
|-
!6
! style="background-color:{{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}" |
| align="center" | DEVA
| Democracy and Progress Party
Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi
| {{Nowrap|Centre-right{{refn|{{Cite web|url=https://t24.com.tr/haber/babacan-ve-arkadaslari-parti-icin-son-duzlukte-yeni-olusumun-ilk-hedefi-ana-akim-siyaset-olmak,854939|title=Babacan ve arkadaşları parti için son düzlükte: Yeni oluşumun ilk hedefi ana akım siyaset olmak}}{{cite news|work=Ahval|title=Turkey's Ali Babacan to offer a detailed reform strategy in his new party programme|date=27 December 2019|url=https://ahvalnews.com/turkish-politics/turkeys-ali-babacan-offer-detailed-reform-strategy-his-new-party-programme}}{{cite web|url=https://wms.flexious.be/editor/plugins/imagemanager/content/2140/PDF/2020/Turkey_political_parties.pdf |access-date=2023-10-17|title=Could Turkey's new parties change the political balance?}}{{cite web | url=https://www.indyturk.com/node/145051/siyaset/deva-partisi’nin-ilk-gününden-izlenimler-islamcı-değil-merkez-sağcı | title=İZLENİM | DEVA Partisi'nin ilk gününden izlenimler: İslamcı değil merkez sağcı | date=11 March 2020 }}}}}}
| Liberal conservatism
Pro-Europeanism
|{{Composition bar|10|600|hex={{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|1|973|hex={{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|1|1282|hex={{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|40|20952|hex={{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}
|-
!7
! style="background-color:{{party color|Felicity Party}}" |
| align="center" | SAADET
| Felicity Party
Saadet Partisi
| {{Composition bar|20|600|hex={{party color|Felicity Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Felicity Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Felicity Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|973|hex={{party color|Felicity Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1272|hex={{party color|Felicity Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|72|20952|hex={{party color|Felicity Party}}}}
|-
!8
! style="background-color:{{party color|Free Cause Party}}" |
| align="center" | HÜDA PAR
| Free Cause Party
Hür Dava Partisi
| {{Nowrap|Islamic fundamentalism
Minority rights}}
| {{Composition bar|4|600|hex={{party color|Free Cause Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Free Cause Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Free Cause Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Free Cause Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Free Cause Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|23|20952|hex={{party color|Free Cause Party}}}}
|-
!9
! style="background-color:{{party color|New Welfare Party}}" |
| align="center" | YRP
| New Welfare Party
Yeniden Refah Partisi
| {{Composition bar|4|600|hex={{party color|New Welfare Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|New Welfare Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|1|51|hex={{party color|New Welfare Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|19|973|hex={{party color|New Welfare Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|21|1282|hex={{party color|New Welfare Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1013|20952|hex={{party color|New Welfare Party}}}}
|-
!10
! style="background-color:{{party color|Workers' Party of Turkey (2017)}}" |
| align="center" | TİP
| Workers' Party of Turkey
Türkiye İşçi Partisi
| {{Composition bar|3|600|hex={{party color|Workers' Party of Turkey (2017)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Workers' Party of Turkey (2017)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Workers' Party of Turkey (2017)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|2|973|hex={{party color|Workers' Party of Turkey (2017)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|1282|hex={{party color|Workers' Party of Turkey (2017)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|36|20952|hex={{party color|Workers' Party of Turkey (2017)}}}}
|-
!11
! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Regions Party}}" |
| align="center" | DBP
|Democratic Regions Party
Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi
|Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar
Keskin Bayındır
|{{nowrap|Left-wing}}
| {{Composition bar|2|600|hex={{party color|Democratic Regions Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Democratic Regions Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Democratic Regions Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Democratic Regions Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Democratic Regions Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex={{party color|Democratic Regions Party}}}}
|-
!12
! style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | EMEP
| Labour Party
Emek Partisi
| Seyit Aslan
| Far-left
|{{Composition bar|2|600|hex={{party color|Labour Party (Turkey)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Labour Party (Turkey)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Labour Party (Turkey)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Labour Party (Turkey)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Labour Party (Turkey)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|11|20952|hex={{party color|Labour Party (Turkey)}}}}
|-
!13
! style="background-color:{{party color|Democrat Party (Turkey, current)}}" |
| align="center" | DP
| Democrat Party
Demokrat Parti
| Liberal conservatism
Pro-Europeanism
|{{Composition bar|1|600|hex={{party color|Democrat Party (Turkey, current)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Democrat Party (Turkey, current)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Democrat Party (Turkey, current)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|2|973|hex={{party color|Democrat Party (Turkey, current)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Democrat Party (Turkey, current)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|55|20952|hex={{party color|Democrat Party (Turkey, current)}}}}
|-
!14
! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Left Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | DSP
| Democratic Left Party
Demokratik Sol Parti
| Önder Aksakal
| {{Composition bar|1|600|hex={{party color|Democratic Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Democratic Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Democratic Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|973|hex={{party color|Democratic Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Democratic Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|28|20952|hex={{party color|Democratic Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
|}
Other political parties
Other parties eligible to contest in elections (by March 2023){{cite web|access-date=11 March 2023|archive-date=11 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311112130/https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/ysk-secime-36-siyasi-parti-katilacak,3TayymmY20-jl3LqpWshZw|language=tr|title=Seçime kaç siyasi parti katılabilecek? Sayı bilgisi YSK'dan geldi|url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/ysk-secime-36-siyasi-parti-katilacak,3TayymmY20-jl3LqpWshZw|work=NTV}}
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| colspan="3" scope="col" | Party
! Leader ! Position ! Ideology ! {{Tooltip|MPs|Number of seats in the Parliament}} ! {{Tooltip|Metro. Mun.|Metropolitan municipality}} ! {{Tooltip|Provinces |
|---|
! {{Tooltip|Districts|}}
! {{Tooltip|Provincial council.|Number of Members in Provincial councillors}}
! {{Tooltip|Municipal Assemb.|Number of Members in Municipal Assemblies}}
|-
! style="background-color:#FFD700" |
| align="center" | AB PARTİ
| Justice Unity Party
Adalet Birlik Partisi
| İrfan Uzun
|
|
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex=#FFD700}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex=#FFD700}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex=#FFD700}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex=#FFD700}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex=#FFD700}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex=#FFD700}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Justice Party (Turkey, 2015)}}" |
| align="center" | AP
| Justice Party
Adalet Partisi
| Vecdet Öz
| Liberal conservatism
Kemalism
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Justice Party (Turkey, 2015)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Justice Party (Turkey, 2015)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Justice Party (Turkey, 2015)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Justice Party (Turkey, 2015)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Justice Party (Turkey, 2015)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex={{party color|Justice Party (Turkey, 2015)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Motherland Party (Turkey, 2011)}}" |
| align="center" | ANAP
| Motherland Party
Anavatan Partisi
| İbrahim Çelebi
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Motherland Party (Turkey, 2011)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Motherland Party (Turkey, 2011)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Motherland Party (Turkey, 2011)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Motherland Party (Turkey, 2011)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Motherland Party (Turkey, 2011)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|6|20952|hex={{party color|Motherland Party (Turkey, 2011)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Turkey Party}}" |
| align="center" | BTP
| Independent Turkey Party
Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi
| Hüseyin Baş
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Independent Turkey Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Independent Turkey Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Independent Turkey Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Independent Turkey Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Independent Turkey Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|20952|hex={{party color|Independent Turkey Party}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Great Union Party}}" |
| align="center" | BBP
| Great Unity Party
Büyük Birlik Partisi
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Great Union Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Great Union Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|51|hex={{party color|Great Union Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|14|973|hex={{party color|Great Union Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|11|1282|hex={{party color|Great Union Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|261|20952|hex={{party color|Great Union Party}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Future Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | GELECEK PARTİSİ
| Future Party
Gelecek Partisi
| Centre-right to Right-wing
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Future Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Future Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Future Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Future Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Future Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|11|20952|hex={{party color|Future Party (Turkey)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Young Party}}" |
| align="center" | GENÇPARTİ
| Young Party
Genç Parti
| Burçin Şahindur
|
| {{Nowrap|Economic liberalism
Populism}}
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Young Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Young Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Young Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Young Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Young Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex={{party color|Young Party}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Rights and Freedoms Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | HAK-PAR
| Rights and Freedoms Party
Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi
| Düzgün Kaplan
|
| Kurdish nationalism
Federalism
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Rights and Freedoms Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Rights and Freedoms Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Rights and Freedoms Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Rights and Freedoms Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Rights and Freedoms Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex={{party color|Rights and Freedoms Party (Turkey)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|People's Liberation Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | HKP
| People's Liberation Party
Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi
| Nurullah Ankut
| Far-left
| Communism
Left-wing nationalism
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|People's Liberation Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|People's Liberation Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|People's Liberation Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|People's Liberation Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|People's Liberation Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex={{party color|People's Liberation Party (Turkey)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Homeland Party (Turkey, 2021)}}" |
| align="center" | MEMLEKET
| Homeland Party
Memleket Partisi
| Centre
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Homeland Party (Turkey, 2021)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Homeland Party (Turkey, 2021)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Homeland Party (Turkey, 2021)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Homeland Party (Turkey, 2021)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Homeland Party (Turkey, 2021)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|10|20952|hex={{party color|Homeland Party (Turkey, 2021)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)}}" |
| align="center" | MİLLET
| Nation Party
Millet Partisi
| Cuma Nacar
| {{Nowrap|National conservatism
Turkish nationalism}}
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex={{party color|Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|National Path Party}}" |
| align="center" | MYP
| National Path Party
Milli Yol Partisi
| Remzi Çayır
| Turkish-Islamic nationalism
Social conservatism
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|National Path Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|National Path Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|National Path Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|National Path Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|National Path Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|20952|hex={{party color|National Path Party}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Left Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | SOL PARTİ
| Left Party
SOL Parti
| Önder İşleyen
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|973|hex={{party color|Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|5|20952|hex={{party color|Left Party (Turkey)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Movement of Turkey}}" |
| align="center" | TKH
| Communist Movement of Turkey
Türkiye Komünist Hareketi
| Aysel Tekerek
| Far-left
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Communist Movement of Turkey}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Communist Movement of Turkey}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Communist Movement of Turkey}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Communist Movement of Turkey}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Communist Movement of Turkey}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex={{party color|Communist Movement of Turkey}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Turkey (modern)}}" |
| align="center" | TKP
| Communist Party of Turkey
Türkiye Komünist Partisi
| Far-left
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Communist Party of Turkey (modern)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Communist Party of Turkey (modern)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Communist Party of Turkey (modern)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Communist Party of Turkey (modern)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Communist Party of Turkey (modern)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|9|20952|hex={{party color|Communist Party of Turkey (modern)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Patriotic Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | VATAN PARTİSİ
| Patriotic Party
Vatan Partisi
| Far-left
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Patriotic Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Patriotic Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Patriotic Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Patriotic Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Patriotic Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex={{party color|Patriotic Party (Turkey)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:#002856" |
| align="center" | YTP
| New Turkey Party
Yeni Türkiye Partisi
| Engin Yılmaz
| Social conservatism
Right-wing populism
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex=#002856}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex=#002856}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex=#C51015}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex=#002856}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex=#002856}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex=#002856}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | ZAFER PARTİSİ
| Victory Party
Zafer Partisi
| Ultranationalism
Anti-immigration
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|973|hex={{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex={{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|Key Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | ANAHTAR PARTİ
| Key Party
Anahtar Parti
| Right-wing to Far-right
| National conservatism
Turkish nationalism
| {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Key Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Key Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Key Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|973|hex={{party color|Key Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|1282|hex={{party color|Key Party (Turkey)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|20952|hex={{party color|Key Party (Turkey)}}}}
|}
General information on other political parties registered in the Ministry of Interior:
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;;width: 60%;font-size:90%" |
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black; width:0.5px" |{{Tooltip|Abbr.|Abbreviation}}
! style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" |Party Name ! Turkish name ! style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" |Leader(s) ! style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" |Position ! style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" |Ideology ! Date of foundation |
|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Workers' Party of Turkey}}" |
| align="center" | TSİP | Socialist Workers' Party of Turkey || Türkiye Sosyalist İşçi Partisi | Turgut Koçak | Far-left || Communism, Anti-revisionism || 1993 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | LDP | Liberal Democratic Party || Liberal Demokrat Parti | Gültekin Tırpancı | Centre || Classical liberalism || 1994 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | DSİP | Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party || Devrimci Sosyalist İşçi Partisi | Tuna Emren, Şenol Karakaş | Far-left || Trotskyism || 1997 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Homeland Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | YURT-P | Homeland Party || Yurt Partisi | Centre-right || Conservatism || 2002 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|True Path Party (2007)}}" |
| align="center" | DYP | True Path Party || Doğru Yol Partisi | Cenk Küpeli | Centre-right || Liberal conservatism || 2007 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Workers' Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | DİP | Revolutionary Workers' Party || Devrimci İşçi Partisi | Ömer Sungur Savran | Far-left || Trotskyism || 2007 |
| style="background-color:#10ACAB" |
| align="center" | ULUSAL | National Party || Ulusal Parti | Far-left || Nationalism || 2010 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | HDP | Peoples' Democratic Party || Halkların Demokratik Partisi | Cahit Kırkazak | Centre-left to left-wing || Minority rights, Kurdish nationalism || 2012 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Liberation Party}}" |
| align="center" | 1920 TKP | Socialist Liberation Party || Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi | İsmail Kaplan | Far-left || Communism, Marxism–Leninism || 2012 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Party of the Greens and the Left Future}}" |
| align="center" | YSP | Green Left Party || Yeşil Sol Parti | Eylem Tuncaelli, Naci Sönmez | Left-wing || Green politics || 2012 |
| style="background-color:#00CED1" |
| align="center" | TURAN | Turan Movement Party || Turan Hareketi Partisi | Varol Esen | Far-right || Nationalism, Turanism || 2014 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|National Struggle Party}}" |
| align="center" | MMP | National Struggle Party || Milli Mücadele Partisi | Ahmet Kaya | || Nationalism |
| style="background-color:#5B197B" |
| align="center" | KP | Women's Party || Kadın Partisi | Fatma Benal Yazgan | || Feminism || 2014 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Centre Party (Turkey)}}" |
| align="center" | MEP | Centre Party || Merkez Parti | Centre to centre-right || Liberal || 2014 |
| style="background-color:#800080" |
| align="center" | DEZA-PAR | Democracy Time Party || Demokrasi Zamanı Partisi | İlhami Çağrıtekin | || Zaza nationalism || 2016 |
| style="background-color:#E40513" |
| align="center" | OSMANLI | Ottoman Party || Osmanlı Partisi | Habip Geleş | Far-right || Neo-Ottomanism |
| style="background-color:#000000" |
| align="center" | ÖTÜKEN | Otuken Union Party || Ötüken Birliği Partisi | Çağatay Korkut Körüklü | Far-right || Nationalism, Pan-Turkism || 2017 |
| style="background-color:#350d4c" |
| align="center" | HÜRRİYET | Liberty Party || Hürriyet Partisi | Ali Gül | Centre || Liberalism, Egalitarianism, Anti-corruption || 2025 |
Former
{{Update section|date=July 2018}}
=Inactive parties=
The following parties are inactive, and they are not listed in the active political parties list by the Supreme Court of Appeal.{{cite web |title=Faaliyette Olan Siyasi Partiler |url=https://www.yargitaycb.gov.tr/kategori/108/faaliyette-olan-siyasi-partiler |publisher=The Supreme Court of Appeal |access-date=22 March 2021}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;;width: 60%;font-size:90%" |
| style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" colspan="2"|Party Name
! Turkish name ! style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;"|{{Tooltip|Abbr.|Abbreviation}} ! style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;"|Ideology ! style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;"|Position |
|---|
| style="background-color:#008000" |
| Democracy Party of Turkey & Kurdistan || Türkiye Kürdistan Demokrasi Partisi | align="center" | T-KDP | Kurdish nationalism || Big tent |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Alternative and Change Party}}" |
| Alternative and Change Party || Alternatif ve Değişim Partisi | align="center" | AL PARTİ | Conservative || Right-wing |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nation and Justice Party}}" |
| Nation and Justice Party || Millet ve Adalet Partisi | align="center" | MİLAD | || |
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Ascent Party}}" |
| People's Ascent Party || Halkın Yükselişi Partisi | align="center" | HYP | Social democracy || Centre-left |
| style="background-color:#D51B26" |
| Turkey's Change Movement || Türkiye Değişim Hareketi | align="center" | TDH | Social democracy || Centre-left |
| style="background-color:#0011D1" |
| Social Reconciliation Reform and Development Party || Toplumsal Uzlaşma Reform ve Kalkınma Partisi | align="center" | TURK-P | Nationalism || |
| style="background-color:Black" |
| Independent Republican Party || Bağımsız Cumhuriyet Partisi | align="center" | BCP | Nationalism || |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Electronic Democracy Party}}" |
| Electronic Democracy Party || Elektronik Demokrasi Partisi | align="center" | e-Parti | Liberal || Single-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.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;;width: 60%;font-size:90%"
! colspan="14" style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" |Defunct and historical parties |
| style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" colspan="2"|Party Name
! style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" |Position ! style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" |Notes |
|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Alternative Party}}" |
|Alternative Party (Alternatif Parti) |Right-wing |Conservative |
| style="background-color:#088A29" |
|Participatory Democracy Party (Katılımcı Demokrasi Partisi) |Centre-left |dissolved in 2019 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Anatolia Party}}" |
|Anatolia Party (Anadolu Partisi) |Centre-left |dissolved in 2015 |
| style="background-color:#1E90FF" |
|Democratic Left People's Party (Demokratik Sol Halk Partisi) |Centre-left |dissolved in 2010 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|New Turkey Party (2002)}}" |
|New Turkey Party (2002) (Yeni Türkiye Partisi) |Centre-left |joined CHP in 2004 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democracy Party (Turkey)}}" |
|Social Democracy Party (SODEP) (Sosyal Demokrat Parti) |Centre-left |merged with People's Party to form Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1985 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Populist Party (Turkey)}}" |
|People's Party (Halkçı Parti) | |merged with SODEP to form Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1985 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)}}" |
|Social Democratic Populist Party (Sosyaldemokrat Halkçı Parti) |Centre-left |merged with CHP in 1995 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Democracy Party}}" |
|Socialist Democracy Party (Sosyalist Demokrasi Partisi) |Left-wing |merged to Peoples' Democratic Party in 2015 |
| style="background-color:#A60402" |
|People's Communist Party of Turkey (Halkın Türkiye Komünist Partisi) |Far-left |dissolved in 2017 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Villagers Nation Party}}" |
|Republican Villagers Nation Party (Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Millet Partisi) |Nationalist |merger of two parties, replaced by MHP in 1969 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Task Party}}" |
|Nationalist Task Party (Milliyetçi Çalışma Partisi) |Nationalist |replaced by MHP in 1992 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Democracy Party}}" |
|Nationalist Democracy Party (Milliyetçi Demokrasi Partisi) |Nationalist |dissolved 1986 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Rights and Equality Party}}" |
|Rights and Equality Party (Hak ve Eşitlik Partisi) |Nationalist, Populist |dissolved 2019 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Green Party (Turkey)}}" |
|Greens of Turkey (Yeşiller Partisi) |Green politics |merged with EDP to form Greens and the Left Party of the Future (Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi) in 2012. |
| style="background-color:#7C4299" |
|Equality and Democracy Party (Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi) |Green politics |merged with the Greens to form Greens and the Left Party of the Future (Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi) in 2012. |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Justice Party (Turkey)}}" |
|Justice Party (Adalet Partisi) |Conservative, right-wing |closed on 12 September 1980 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party (Turkey, 2014)}}" align="center" |
|Communist Party (Komünist Parti) |Far-left |Member of United June Movement, Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties and International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties. Founded in 2014, Dissolved in 2017 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961)}}" |
|Democrat Party (Demokrat Parti) |Centre-right |1946-1961 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nation Party (Turkey, 1948)}}" |
|Nation Party (Millet Partisi) |Right-wing |1948–1953 and 1962–1977 |
| style="background-color:#EE1D23" |
|New Party (Yeni Parti) | align="center" | |dissolved 2012 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (Turkey, 1970)}}" |
|Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti) |Centre-right |1970-1980 |
| style="background-color:#DC143C" |
|Democratic Center Party (Demokratik Merkez Partisi) |Right-wing |merged into DYP on September 14, 1991 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|True Path Party}}" |
|True Path Party (Doğru Yol Partisi) |Centre-right |merged with Motherland Party into Democrat Party (Turkey, 2007) in 2007 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|New Turkey Party (1961)}}" |
|New Turkey Party (1961) (Yeni Türkiye Partisi) |Right-wing |joined to Justice Party in 1973 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Voice Party}}" |
|People's Voice Party (Halkın Sesi Partisi) |Right-wing |dissolved in 2012 |
| style="background-color:#ADD8E6" |
|Turkey Party (Türkiye Partisi) |Centre-right |dissolved in 2012 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Republican Party (Turkey)}}" |
|Liberal Republican Party (Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası) |Centre-right, Liberal |dissolved itself in 1930 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberty Party (Turkey)}}" |
|Liberty Party (Hürriyet Partisi) |Liberal |joined CHP in 1958 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|National Salvation Party}}" |
|National Salvation Party (Milli Selâmet Partisi) |Sunni Islamist |closed on 12 September 1980 |
| style="background-color:#01A7E1" |
|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.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;;width: 60%;font-size:90%"
! colspan="14" style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" |Banned parties |
| style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" colspan="2"|Party Name
! style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" |Position ! style="background-color:#FFFFF; color:black;" |Notes |
|---|
| style="background-color:#FF0000" |
|Fatherland Party |Left-wing |banned in 1954 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Workers' Party of Turkey (1961)}}" |
|Workers Party of Turkey (Türkiye İşçi Partisi) |Far-left |banned in 1971, represented in the national senate in early 1960s. (1961–1987) eventually merged with the Communist Party of Turkey in 1987. |
| style="background-color:#DB261D" |
|United Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Birleşik Komünist Partisi) |Far-left |banned in 1991; ban found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 1998 (1987–1991) |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Labour Party (Turkey)}}" |
|Labour Party (Emek Partisi) |Far-left |ban found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2005, and re-established |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Progressive Republican Party (Turkey)}}" |
|Progressive Republican Party (Terakkiperver Cumhuriyet Fırkası) |Conservative |banned on 3 June 1925 (1924–1925) |
| style="background-color:{{party color|National Order Party}}" |
|National Order Party (Milli Nizam Partisi) |Sunni Islamist |banned on 20 May 1971 (1970–1971) |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Welfare Party}}" |
|Welfare Party (Refah Partisi) |Sunni Islamist |banned on 16 January 1998; (1983-1998) ban upheld by European Convention on Human Rights 2003 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Virtue Party}}" |
|Virtue Party (Fazilet Partisi) |Sunni Islamist |banned on 22 June 2001; (1998-2001) ECHR case withdrawn by applicant 2005 |
| style="background-color:#BEE8F3" |
|People's Labor Party (Halkın Emek Partisi) |Kurdish nationalist |banned in July 1993 (1990-1993) |
| style="background-color:#8EBEF3" |
|Democracy Party (Demokrasi Partisi) |Kurdish nationalist |banned on 16 June 1994; found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2002 (1993-1994) |
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Democracy Party}}" |
|People’s Democracy Party (Halkın Demokrasi Partisi) |Kurdish nationalist |banned on 13 March 2003; found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2010 (1994-2003) |
| style="background-color:#FFDD00" |
|Democratic Society Party (Demokratik Toplum Partisi) |Kurdish nationalist |banned on 11 December 2009; ECHR case ongoing (2005-2009){{Citation needed|date=March 2021}} |
| style="background-color:#A91101" |
|Great Turkey Party (Büyük Türkiye Partisi) |Turkish nationalist |banned in 1983 |
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
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