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.

Parties represented in the current Parliament

Parties represented in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
# Party Name Abbr. Leader(s) İdeology Position MPs Metro.Mun. Municipalities National Aff. European Aff. International Aff.
1 Justice and Development Party
Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi		 AK PARTİ Ahmet Davutoğlu Conservative democracy Right-wing
312 / 535
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
125 / 535
6 / 30
226 / 1,351
 - Party of European Socialists Socialist International
3 Nationalist Movement Party
Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi		 MHP Devlet Bahçeli Turkish nationalism,
Pan-Turkism		 Far-right
52 / 535
3 / 30
166 / 1,351
 - - -
4 Peoples' Democratic Party
Halkların Demokratik Partisi		 HDP Selahattin Demirtaş
Figen Yüksekdağ		 Socialism,
Direct democracy		 left-wing
28 / 535
2 / 30
97 / 1,351
 Peoples' Democratic Congress - -
5 Anatolia Party
Anadolu Partisi		 ANAPAR Emine Ülker Tarhan Kemalism,
Progressivism		 Center-left
1 / 535
0 / 30
0 / 1,351
 - - -
6 Democratic Regions Party
Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi		 DBP Emine Ayna
Kamuran Yüksek		 Kurdish nationalism,
Democratic socialism		 Left-wing
1 / 535
0 / 30
0 / 1,351
 Peoples' Democratic Congress
Democratic Society Congress		 Party of European Socialists (Observer) Socialist International
7 Democratic Progress Party
Demokratik Gelişim Partisi		 DGP İdris Bal Liberal conservatism,
Gülenism		 Right-wing
1 / 535
0 / 30
0 / 1,351
 - - -
8 Electronic Democracy Party
Elektronik Demokrasi Partisi		 eParty Emrehan Halıcı E-democracy,
Liberalism		 Center
1 / 535
0 / 30
0 / 1,351
 - - -
9 Nation and Justice Party
Millet ve Adalet Partisi		 MİLAD İdris Naim Şahin Liberal nationalism,
Populism		 Big tent
1 / 535
0 / 30
0 / 1,351
 - - -
Source: "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Milletvekilleri Dağılımı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi.
"30 Mart 2014 Mahalli İdareler Genel Seçimleri Resmi Gazeteye Gönderilen Seçim Sonuçları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Yüksek Seçim Kurulu.

Minor parties and other Parties not represented in Parliament

Left wing


Conservative

Liberal

Nationalist


Green Politics

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.

Left Wing

Liberal

Conservative, centre-right

Nationalist

Religious

Banned parties

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

Left-wing

Nationalist

Religious

Kurdish nationalist

See also

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