Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey)

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Liberal Demokrat Parti / Liberal Democratic Party




Leader	Cem Toker (2005- ) Hakan Çizem (2004-2005) Emin Şirin(2004) Ercan Çalı (2003-2004) Nizam Kağıtçıbaşı Besim Tibuk (1994-2002) founder

Founded	1994
Headquarters	Cinnah cad. 22/15 Cankaya Ankara,

Political Ideology	Liberalism
European Affiliation	none
International Affiliation	Liberal International
Colours	White and Blue

Website	Liberal Democratic Party

See also	Constitution of Turkey Turkish Politics Turkish Parliament Turkish Government Turkish President Political parties Elections

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The Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Demokrat Parti) is a liberal party in Turkey. The party is a member of Liberal International. LDP was founded in 1994 as Liberal Parti by Turkish entrepreneur Besim Tibuk. After failure in 2002 elections, Tibuk resigned. After Tibuk's resignation the party had some leadership problems till 2005. In June 2005 Cem Toker had become the president of the Party.

In 2006 LDP offered an umbrella alliance to 9 political parties both from left and right (including Anavatan and Demokratik Sol Parti) for the basic values of republic against governing islamist party, AKP. The offer is still a possibilty in Turkish general election, 2007.