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Political Parties and Parliament

Name

Abbreviation

Ideology

Leader

Seats

𐰢𐰃𐰠𐰠𐰃𐰘𐰀𐱅𐰲𐰃:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐰯𐰀𐰺𐱅𐰃𐰾𐰃 / Nationalist Path Party

MYP

National Kemalist, Anti-Migrant, Turkish Nationalism,
Turkic Nationalism, Populist, Soft Eurosceptic, Pro-Youth


President
Meral Akşener

231

𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰚𐰃𐰘𐰀:𐰃𐱁𐰲𐰃:𐰯𐰀𐰺𐱅𐰃𐰾𐰃 / Workers' Party of Türkiye

TİP

Left wing populism, anti-NATO, Eurosceptic,
Socialist, Pro-LGBT


Sera Kadıgil

40

𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰽𐰀𐰞:𐰲𐰶𐰀𐰺:𐰯𐰀𐰺𐱅𐰃𐰾𐰃 / National Interest Party

UÇP

National Kemalist, Eurosceptic, anti-NATO,
Abrahamic Democrat

Nikol Paşinyan

31

𐰲𐰆𐰢𐰴𐰆𐰼𐰃𐰘𐰀𐱅:𐰴𐰀𐰞𐰴:𐰯𐰀𐰺𐱅𐰃𐰾𐰃 / Republican People's Party

CHP

Social Kemalist, Pro-EU, Pro-NATO

Muharrem İnce

143

𐰀𐰣𐰀𐰉𐱃𐰣:𐰯𐰀𐰺𐱅𐰃𐰾𐰃 / Motherland Party

ANAP

Liberal Kemalist, Neoliberalist, Pro-EU,
Pro-NATO, Liberal Conservative

İbrahim Çelebi

68

𐰑𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰆:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐰯𐰀𐰺𐱅𐰃𐰾𐰃 / True Path Party

DYP

National Kemalist, Fiscal Conservative, Pro-NATO, Soft Eurosceptic

Mert Karoğlu

17* In ANAP
Group

𐰘𐰀𐰤𐰃:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰚𐰃𐰘𐰀:𐰯𐰀𐰺𐱅𐰃𐰾𐰃 / New Türkiye Party

YTP

Social Kemalist, Social Democrat, Pro-EU, Pro-NATO, Pro-LGBT

Tunç Soyer

70



Founded on the 30th of August in 1966, the Nationalist Path Party or MYP has been led by Meral Akşener since 2018. Founded by Alparslan Türkeş, the MYP has governed Türkiye for a total of 13 years in its history. First under Alparslan Türkeş 1980 to 1990, and has been governing Türkiye since 2023. The MYP won the 2020 Presidential Elections, and in the 2023 Local Elections came out with a historic victory seeing them hold 77 of 91 Local Governments. They hold 231 of the 600 seats in the Grand National Assembly.

Meral Akşener is the second female President in the history of Türkiye, previously she served as Interior Minister from 1995-2000 during the Second Turgut Özal Term as part of the larger ANAP-MYP-YTP Coalition after ANAP lost its sole majority. From 2003-2018 Akşener served as Mayor of Selanik, not seeking re-election in 2018 as she was elected the first female leader of the MYP in 2017.


Founded on the 13th of February 1961, the Workers' Party of Türkiye or TİP has been led by Sera Kadıgil since 2023. Founded by was founded in 1961 by a group of labor unionists, the party has never governed Türkiye. In 2023 as the CHP and the YTP put its support behind joining NATO, 40 MPs in the CHP and YTP who did not support membership defected from the CHP and joined the TİP. This would mark TİPs first time holds any MPs, having 40 MPS of the 600 seats in the Grand National Assembly, they hold no seats in local governments.

Sera Kadıgil is the first female leader of TİP, she previously worked as a lawyer for animal rights, in 2010 she joined the CHP and was elected to the Grand National Assembly from the third district of İstanbul. She led the movement of MPs departing from the CHP and YTP, joining the mostly defunct TİP, after the referendum period, she would be unanimously elected as party leader on the 1st of November 2023. TİP, along with the UÇP, are in a Parliamentary Alliance with the MYP.


Founded on the 7th of October 2023, the National Interest Party or UÇP has been led by Nikol Paşinyan since its founding. Founded by Paşinyan himself, the is the youngest in the country. In 2023 as the ANAP and the DYP put its support behind joining NATO, 31 MPs in the DYP and ANAP who did not support membership left their parties, mostly from the DYP. Paşinyan led this movement inside the DYP, founding a the UÇP on the 7th of October along with the other MPs who had left ANAP and the DYP. Arguing that the DYP had abandoned 'the National Interest', and had abandoned the founding principles of their roots as and become 'globalists'. The UÇP holds no seats in local governments, and 31 of the 600 seats in the Grand National Assembly.

Nikol Paşinyan is the party leader of a minority background to enter parliament, he is also the second ever party leader to be a Christian, before entering politics he served in the Turkish Land Forces, first beginning his mandatory service in 1993, he would commit to a career in the Turkish Armed Forces in 1995. Graduating from the National Defense University in 1999, he would remain in active service in 2013. Rising to the rank of Brigade General during his time. Afterward, he would join the DYP and be elected to Parliament as a MP from Erzurum. In late 2023, he would found the UÇP as a new force in Turkish politics. UÇP, along with TİP, are in a Parliamentary Alliance with the MYP.

Founded on the 7th of September 1919 by Mustafa Kemal and the Turkish Nationalist Forces in the War of Independence, becoming a political party officially on the 9th September, 1923. The CHP has governed Türkiye a total of 67 years, last from 2010-2020 under Deniz Baykal. The party, founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, is seen as the 'natural governing party' of Türkiye. The CHP hold 12 of the 91 Local Governments in Türkiye, and 143 of the 600 MPs in the Grand National Assembly.

Muharrem İnce has led the CHP since April 5th 2021, before entering politics was a university professor. Joining the CHP in 2009, he was elected to the Grand National Assembly as a MP from Yalova in 2010. A seat which he holds still to this day. Known for his fiery debates in the Grand National Assembly, he was elected as leader after the CHPs Presidential Candidate Özgür Özel lost in the 2020 elections. Deniz Baykal, who had served as President from 2010-2020 was no longer eligible, and Özel did not run for leader after losing in the 2020 elections. This marked the first time in CHP history that a leadership race saw a single candidate run for leader since 1960.


Founded on the 20th of May in 1983, the Motherland Party or ANAP has been led by İbrahim Çelebi
since 2019. Founded by Turgut Özal, ANAP has governed Türkiye for a total of 10 years in its history. This came under Turgut Özal 1990 to 2000, the first five years saw ANAP come to power with a historic 355 seat majority of 600, however in the second term were forced to create a parliamentary alliance to govern. ANAP holds no local governments, 68 of the 600 seats in the Grand National Assembly, however the DYP is part of their parliamentary group giving it a total of 85 seats in the Grand National Assembly.

İbrahim Çelebi has led ANAP since 2019, elected as a MP from Afyonkarahisar in 2005, he quickly was able to rise up through the ranks of ANAP. He first tried to become party boss in 2014, however came up short losing in the second round of voting. In 2019, he was elected in the fifth round of voting. Overseeing the formation of the UÇP in late 2023, Uysal was able to form a special alliance with the DYP that saw the DYP join its parliamentary group, allowing for ANAP to largely come out of the crisis unaffected. Uysal has promised to stepdown as leader if ANAP are unable to return to governance in 2025.


Founded on the 23rd of June in 1983, the True Path Party or DYP has been led by Mert Karoğlu since mid 2023, the first Turkish-American to lead a political party and second Christian lead a political party. Founded by Adnan Menderes, the DYP has governed Türkiye for a total of 10 years in its history. Initially founded as a party meant to rival the MYP, overtime it has come to mirror center right parties across Europe and in North America. The DYPs stint in power came from 2000-2010 under Tansu Çiller, the first female President of Türkiye, the party oversaw Türkiye's entrance into the European Union. However, since the end of the Çiller Period in 2010, the party has been in a sense of perpetual collapse. The breakaway of the UÇP has forced the party to join ANAPs Parliamentary Groups as they fell under 25 MPs, which would have seen them lose parliamentary funding. The DYP holds no local governments, and holds 17 of the 600 seats in the Grand National Assembly

Mert Karoğlu has led the DYP since the 14th of July 2023, he is the only party leader along with President Meral Akşener to not be a MP. Karoğlu has never held elected office in Türkiye, instead born in Dallas, Texas his career in politics largely was within the US Republican Party. Serving in the United States House of Representative from the State of Texas from 1992 to 2016 when he did not seek re-election. From 2016 to 2022 he worked with Turkish-Americans within the Texas GOP, and retired in 2022. However, soon after his retirement in November of 2022 he was recruited to the DYP as an advisor. As the DYP saw its third leadership crisis come and go in early 2023, its new leader Mehmet Tümer would only last in the post for six months before being forced to stepdown amidst scandal. Karoğlu, rather undemocratically, was elected leader by the DYPs Council Board, instead of opening the race of party members. Karoğlu has moved the party more to mirror the GOP instead of European center right parties since coming to power, with the party now on its knees according to most analysts, the 2025 elections are seen as a chance for Karoğlu to remake the party or see the party fall into obscurity.


Founded on the 13st of February 1961, the New Türkiye Party or YTP, is the second oldest active party in Türkiye and has been led by Tunç Soyer since 2021. Back in the 1960s when the CHP was a centrist party, the YTP had been founded by a group of leftists to fill the void in left wing politics. Since its founding the YTP have never governed Türkiye, however have been in governing alliances more than any other party in the country as it had a historic alliance with the CHP until 2023. Overtime the YTP has shifted to become a left wing party, as the CHP shifted to the center left. Today the YTP is a progressive party, and has called to rally the left under its banner for the 2025 elections, seeking to win power for the first time in its history. The YTP holds 2 of the 91 local governments in Türkiye and 70 seats in the Grand National Assembly.

Tunç Soyer was elected to the Grand National Assembly in 2020 from İzmir, previously he served as Mayor of İzmir from 2010-2020, elected as a joint candidate of the CHP and YTP. Since being elected leader of the party in 2021, Soyer has moved the party increasingly to the left according to most analysts, and also adopting a pro-NATO stance that the party previously had not held. Despite the breakaway of the anti-NATO faction to form the TİP has been largely unaffected, the party is now pledging to field its own candidates for the first time ever for all 600 seats without an alliance with the CHP, seeking to solidify the Turkish left under its banner.

The Republic of The Turkish-State

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