Communal Democracy Party
| Communal Democracy Party | |
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| Leader | Cemal Özyiğit |
| Founded | May 2007 |
| Merger of | TKP and BDH |
| Headquarters | Nicosia, Northern Cyprus |
| Ideology | Social democracy[1][2] United Cyprus[1] |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (consultative) |
| Colours | Red, Blue, White |
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| Municipalities: |
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| Website | |
| tdpkibris.org | |
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The Communal Democracy Party (Turkish: Toplumcu Demokrasi Partisi, TDP) is a social-democratic political party in the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.[3] The party came into being in May 2007 as a merger of the Peace and Democracy Movement with the Communal Liberation Party.[3] At the Last legislative elections for the Assembly of the Republic in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on 19 April 2009 the Communal Democracy Party, in its first ever elections, won 2 out of 50 seats and 6.87% of the popular vote.
2015 TRNC Presidential Campaign
On 13 March 2015, Mustafa Akıncı, a former member of the parliament from the party, successfully completed his application to run for presidency, and was endorsed by the Communal Democracy Party.[4]
During his campaign, he put his voice forward regarding the ghost town Varosha, which is a very lively topic regarding the Cyprus problem. It was possible to see that Akıncı favoured a settling approach to solve this problem. Regarding Varosha, Akıncı stated that, "Instead of living side by side a corpse let Varosha become a lively city where people live, contractors from both communities do business together and young people can find jobs".[5]
Akıncı subsequently went on to progress to the second round by receiving 26.94% of the votes in the first round, and was elected president in the second round with 60.5% of the votes.
The TDP became a consultative member of the Socialist International in November 2015.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
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