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.

Major parties

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 Binali Yıldırım Neo-Ottomanism[1][2]
Conservative democracy[3][4]		 Right-wing
317 / 550
18 / 30
800 / 1,351
- Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists -
2 Republican People's Party
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi		 CHP Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Social democracy,
Kemalism		 Center-left
134 / 550
6 / 30
226 / 1,351
- Party of European Socialists Socialist International
3 Nationalist Movement Party
Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi		 MHP Devlet Bahçeli Turkish nationalism,
Cultural conservatism		 Far-right
40 / 550
3 / 30
166 / 1,351
- - -
4 Peoples' Democratic Party
Halkların Demokratik Partisi		 HDP Selahattin Demirtaş
Figen Yüksekdağ		 Democratic socialism,
Kurdish nationalism		 Left-wing
59 / 550
2 / 30
97 / 1,351
Peoples' Democratic Congress - -
Parties below the parliamentary threshold in 2015 General Election
5 Felicity Party
Saadet Partisi		 SAADET Mustafa Kamalak Sunni Islamism,
Conservatism		 Far-right - -
27 / 1,351
- - -
6 Great Union Party
Büyük Birlik Partisi		 BBP Mustafa Destici Sunni Islamism,
Conservatism		 Far right - -
6 / 1,351
- - -
7 Patriotic Party
Vatan Partisi		 Vatan Partisi Doğu Perinçek Scientific socialism,
Vanguardism, Left-wing nationalism		 Left-wing - -
0 / 1,351
- - -
8 Rights and Freedoms Party
Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi		 HAK-PAR Vacant Kurdish nationalism Centre-right - -
0 / 1,351
- - -
9 People's Liberation Party
Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi		 HKP Nurullah Ankut Marxism,
Left-wing nationalism		 Far left - -
0 / 1,351
- - -
10 Democratic Party
Demokrat Parti		 DP Gültekin Uysal Turkish nationalism,
Liberal nationalism		 Centre-right - -
14 / 1,351
- - -
11 Independent Turkey Party
Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi		 BTP Haydar Baş National Economy Model,
Alevi and Shia rights		 Centre - -
0 / 1,351
- - -
12 Communist Party
Komünist Parti		 KP Arif Hikmet Basa Communism, Marxism-Leninsm Far left - -
1 / 1,351
United June Movement Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
13 Democratic Left Party
Demokratik Sol Parti		 DSP Önder Aksakal Democratic socialism,
Kemalism		 Centre-left - -
5 / 1,351
- - -
14 Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Demokrat Parti		 LDP Cem Toker Classical liberalism Centre - -
1 / 1,351
- - -
15 Nation Party
Millet Partisi		 MİLLET Aykut Edibali Conservatism, Turkish nationalism Right-wing - -
1 / 1,351
- - -
16 True Path Party
Doğru Yol Partisi		 DYP Çetin Özaçıkgöz Economic liberalism,
conservatism		 Centre-right - -
0 / 1,351
- - -
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Minor parties

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 coups.

Banned parties

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

See also

References

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