List of political parties in Turkey

Turkey is a presidential republic with a multi-party system. Major parties are defined as political parties that received more than 7% 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 Council (Yüksek Seçim Kurulu in Turkish, abbreviated as YSK) and don't have any representatives in the parliament. Forming a political party without prior permission is a constitutional right, but the Interior Ministry may delay registering a new party for years, ^{[1] [2]} so the party cannot stand in elections. ^[3]

If the ID and serial number of a person's Turkish identity card is known, anyone can query their political party membership via the website of the General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal or mobile phone messages. ^{[4] [5]}

Political parties represented in the Turkish Parliament

Main article: 2023 Turkish parliamentary election

General information about the parties holding seats in the Grand National Assembly as of June 2023: ^[6]

#	Party			Leader	Position	Ideology	MPs	Metro. Mun.	Provinces	Districts	Provincial councillors	Municipal Assemb.
1		AK PARTİ	Justice and Development Party Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Right-wing	National conservatism Right-wing populism	272 / 600	12 / 30	12 / 51	371 / 973	592 / 1,282	8,174 / 20,952
2		CHP	Republican People's Party Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi	Özgür Özel	Centre-left	Kemalism Social democracy	134 / 600	14 / 30	21 / 51	313 / 973	300 / 1,282	6,570 / 20,952
3		DEM PARTİ	Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi	Tülay Hatimoğulları Tuncer Bakırhan	Centre-left to left-wing	Regionalism Minority rights Kurdish nationalism	57 / 600	1 / 30	3 / 51	51 / 973	132 / 1,282	1,410 / 20,952
4		MHP	Nationalist Movement Party Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi	Devlet Bahçeli	Far-right [7]	Ultranationalism Neo-fascism	47 / 600	0 / 30	8 / 51	113 / 973	207 / 1,282	2,715 / 20,952
5		İYİ PARTİ	Good Party İYİ Parti	Müsavat Dervişoğlu	Centre-right to right-wing	Kemalism National conservatism	28 / 600	0 / 30	1 / 51	13 / 973	14 / 1,282	480 / 20,952
6		DEVA	Democracy and Progress Party Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi	Ali Babacan	Centre-right [12]	Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism	10 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	1 / 973	1 / 1,282	40 / 20,952
7		SAADET	Felicity Party Saadet Partisi	Mahmut Arıkan	Right-wing	National Outlook Islamism	20 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	1 / 973	0 / 1,272	72 / 20,952
8		HÜDA PAR	Free Cause Party Hür Dava Partisi	Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu	Far-right	Islamic fundamentalism Minority rights	4 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	23 / 20,952
9		YRP	New Welfare Party Yeniden Refah Partisi	Fatih Erbakan	Far-right	National Outlook Islamism	4 / 600	0 / 30	1 / 51	21 / 973	21 / 1,282	1,018 / 20,952
10		TİP	Workers' Party of Turkey Türkiye İşçi Partisi	Erkan Baş	Left-wing to far-left	Communism Marxism-Leninism	3 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	2 / 973	1 / 1,282	36 / 20,952
11		DBP	Democratic Regions Party Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi	Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar Keskin Bayındır	Left-wing	Regionalism Minority rights	2 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	0 / 20,952
12		EMEP	Labour Party Emek Partisi	Seyit Aslan	Far-left	Communism Marxism-Leninism	2 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	11 / 20,952
13		DP	Democratic Party Demokrat Parti	Gültekin Uysal	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism	1 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	2 / 973	0 / 1,282	55 / 20,952
14		DSP	Democratic Left Party Demokratik Sol Parti	Önder Aksakal	Centre-left	Ecevitism Social democracy	1 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	1 / 973	0 / 1,282	28 / 20,952

Other political parties

Other parties eligible to contest in elections (by March 2023) ^[13]

Party			Leader	Position	Ideology	MPs	Metro. Mun.	Provinces	Districts	Provincial council.	Municipal Assemb.
	AB PARTİ	Justice Unity Party Adalet Birlik Partisi	İrfan Uzun			0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	0 / 20,952
	AP	Justice Party Adalet Partisi	Vecdet Öz	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism Kemalism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	0 / 20,952
	ANAP	Motherland Party Anavatan Partisi	İbrahim Çelebi	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	6 / 20,952
	BTP	Independent Turkey Party Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi	Hüseyin Baş	Radical centre	Civic nationalism Kemalism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	1 / 20,952
	BBP	Great Unity Party Büyük Birlik Partisi	Mustafa Destici	Far-right	Turkish Islamonationalism	0 / 600	0 / 30	1 / 51	14 / 973	11 / 1,282	261 / 20,952
	GELECEK PARTİSİ	Future Party Gelecek Partisi	Ahmet Davutoğlu	Centre-right to Right-wing	Conservatism Pro-Europeanism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	11 / 20,952
	GENÇPARTİ	Young Party Genç Parti	Burçin Şahindur		Economic liberalism Populism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	0 / 20,952
	HAK-PAR	Rights and Freedoms Party Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi	Düzgün Kaplan		Kurdish nationalism Federalism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	0 / 20,952
	HKP	People's Liberation Party Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi	Nurullah Ankut	Far-left	Communism Left-wing nationalism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	0 / 20,952
	MEMLEKET	Homeland Party Memleket Partisi	Muharrem İnce	Centre	Kemalism Pro-Europeanism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	10 / 20,952
	MİLLET	Nation Party Millet Partisi	Cuma Nacar	Right-wing	National conservatism Turkish nationalism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	0 / 20,952
	MYP	National Path Party Milli Yol Partisi	Remzi Çayır	Far-right	Turkish-Islamic nationalism Social conservatism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	1 / 20,952
	SOL PARTİ	Left Party SOL Parti	Önder İşleyen	Left-wing to Far-left	Socialism Left-wing populism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	1 / 973	0 / 1,282	5 / 20,952
	TKH	Communist Movement of Turkey Türkiye Komünist Hareketi	Aysel Tekerek	Far-left	Communism Marxism–Leninism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	0 / 20,952
	TKP	Communist Party of Turkey Türkiye Komünist Partisi	Kemal Okuyan	Far-left	Communism Marxism–Leninism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	9 / 20,952
	VATAN PARTİSİ	Patriotic Party Vatan Partisi	Doğu Perinçek	Far-left	Ulusalism Eurasianism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	0 / 20,952
	YTP	New Turkey Party Yeni Türkiye Partisi	Engin Yılmaz	Right-wing	Social conservatism Right-wing populism	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	0 / 973	0 / 1,282	0 / 20,952
	ZAFER PARTİSİ	Victory Party Zafer Partisi	Ümit Özdağ	Far-right	Ultranationalism Anti-immigration	0 / 600	0 / 30	0 / 51	1 / 973	0 / 1,282	0 / 20,952

General information on other political parties registered in the Ministry of Interior:

Abbr.		Party Name	Turkish name	Leader(s)	Position	Ideology	Date of foundation
	TSİP	Socialist Workers' Party of Turkey	Türkiye Sosyalist İşçi Partisi	Turgut Koçak	Far-left	Communism, Anti-revisionism	1993
	LDP	Liberal Democratic Party	Liberal Demokrat Parti	Gültekin Tırpancı	Centre	Classical liberalism	1994
	DSİP	Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party	Devrimci Sosyalist İşçi Partisi	Tuna Emren, Şenol Karakaş	Far-left	Trotskyism	1997
	YURT-P	Homeland Party	Yurt Partisi	Sadettin Tantan	Centre-right	Conservatism	2002
	DYP	True Path Party	Doğru Yol Partisi	Cenk Küpeli	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism	2007
	DİP	Revolutionary Workers' Party	Devrimci İşçi Partisi	Ömer Sungur Savran	Far-left	Trotskyism	2007
	ULUSAL	National Party	Ulusal Parti	Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu	Far-left	Nationalism	2010
	HDP	Peoples' Democratic Party	Halkların Demokratik Partisi	Cahit Kırkazak Sultan Özcan	Centre-left to left-wing	Minority rights, Kurdish nationalism	2012
	1920 TKP	Socialist Liberation Party	Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi	İsmail Kaplan	Far-left	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	2012
	YSP	Green Left Party	Yeşil Sol Parti	Eylem Tuncaelli, Naci Sönmez	Left-wing	Green politics	2012
	TURAN	Turan Movement Party	Turan Hareketi Partisi	Varol Esen	Far-right	Nationalism, Turanism	2014
	MMP	National Struggle Party	Milli Mücadele Partisi	Ahmet Kaya		Nationalism Kemalism	2014
	KP	Women's Party	Kadın Partisi	Fatma Benal Yazgan		Feminism	2014
	MEP	Centre Party	Merkez Parti	Pelin Gündeş Bakır	Centre to centre-right	Liberal	2014
	ÖTÜKEN	Ötüken Union Party	Ötüken Birliği Partisi	Çağatay Korkut Körüklü	Far-right	Nationalism, Pan-Turkism	2017
	HÜRRİYET	Liberty Party	Hürriyet Partisi	Ali Gül	Centre	Liberalism, Egalitarianism, Anti-corruption	2025

Former

Inactive parties

The following parties are inactive, and they are not listed in the active political parties list by the Supreme Court of Appeal. ^[14]

Party Name		Turkish name	Abbr.	Ideology	Position
	Democracy Party of Turkey & Kurdistan	Türkiye Kürdistan Demokrasi Partisi	T-KDP	Kurdish nationalism	Big tent
	Alternative and Change Party	Alternatif ve Değişim Partisi	AL PARTİ	Conservative	Right-wing
	Nation and Justice Party	Millet ve Adalet Partisi	MİLAD
	People's Ascent Party	Halkın Yükselişi Partisi	HYP	Social democracy	Centre-left
	Turkey's Change Movement	Türkiye Değişim Hareketi	TDH	Social democracy	Centre-left
	Social Reconciliation Reform and Development Party	Toplumsal Uzlaşma Reform ve Kalkınma Partisi	TURK-P	Nationalism
	Independent Republican Party	Bağımsız Cumhuriyet Partisi	BCP	Nationalism
	Electronic Democracy Party	Elektronik Demokrasi Partisi	e-Parti	Liberal	Single-issue

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 Turkish coups d'état.

Defunct and historical parties
Party Name		Position	Notes
	Alternative Party (Alternatif Parti)	Right-wing	Conservative
	Participatory Democracy Party (Katılımcı Demokrasi Partisi)	Centre-left	dissolved in 2019
	Anatolia Party (Anadolu Partisi)	Centre-left	dissolved in 2015
	Democratic Left People's Party (Demokratik Sol Halk Partisi)	Centre-left	dissolved in 2010
	New Turkey Party (2002) (Yeni Türkiye Partisi)	Centre-left	joined CHP in 2004
	Social Democracy Party (SODEP) (Sosyal Demokrat Parti)	Centre-left	merged with People's Party to form Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1985
	People's Party (Halkçı Parti)		merged with SODEP to form Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1985
	Social Democratic Populist Party (Sosyaldemokrat Halkçı Parti)	Centre-left	merged with CHP in 1995
	Socialist Democracy Party (Sosyalist Demokrasi Partisi)	Left-wing	merged to Peoples' Democratic Party in 2015
	People's Communist Party of Turkey (Halkın Türkiye Komünist Partisi)	Far-left	dissolved in 2017
	Republican Villagers Nation Party (Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Millet Partisi)	Nationalist	merger of two parties, replaced by MHP in 1969
	Nationalist Task Party (Milliyetçi Çalışma Partisi)	Nationalist	replaced by MHP in 1992
	Nationalist Democracy Party (Milliyetçi Demokrasi Partisi)	Nationalist	dissolved 1986
	Rights and Equality Party (Hak ve Eşitlik Partisi)	Nationalist, Populist	dissolved 2019
	Greens of Turkey (Yeşiller Partisi)	Green politics	merged with EDP to form Greens and the Left Party of the Future (Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi) in 2012.
	Equality and Democracy Party (Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi)	Green politics	merged with the Greens to form Greens and the Left Party of the Future (Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi) in 2012.
	Justice Party (Adalet Partisi)	Conservative, right-wing	closed on 12 September 1980
	Communist Party (Komünist Parti)	Far-left	Member of United June Movement, Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties and International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties. Founded in 2014, Dissolved in 2017
	Democrat Party (Demokrat Parti)	Centre-right	1946-1961
	Nation Party (Millet Partisi)	Right-wing	1948–1953 and 1962–1977
	New Party (Yeni Parti)		dissolved 2012
	Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti)	Centre-right	1970-1980
	Democratic Center Party (Demokratik Merkez Partisi)	Right-wing	merged into DYP on September 14, 1991
	True Path Party (Doğru Yol Partisi)	Centre-right	merged with Motherland Party into Democrat Party (Turkey, 2007) in 2007
	New Turkey Party (1961) (Yeni Türkiye Partisi)	Right-wing	joined to Justice Party in 1973
	People's Voice Party (Halkın Sesi Partisi)	Right-wing	dissolved in 2012
	Turkey Party (Türkiye Partisi)	Centre-right	dissolved in 2012
	Liberal Republican Party (Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası)	Centre-right, Liberal	dissolved itself in 1930
	Liberty Party (Hürriyet Partisi)	Liberal	joined CHP in 1958
	National Salvation Party (Milli Selâmet Partisi)	Sunni Islamist	closed on 12 September 1980
	National Development Party (Milli Kalkınma Partisi)	Sunni Islamist

Banned parties

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

Banned parties
Party Name		Position	Notes
	Fatherland Party (Vatan Partisi)	Left-wing	banned in 1954
	Workers Party of Turkey (Türkiye İşçi Partisi)	Far-left	banned in 1971, represented in the national senate in early 1960s. (1961–1987) eventually merged with the Communist Party of Turkey in 1987.
	United Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Birleşik Komünist Partisi)	Far-left	banned in 1991; ban found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 1998 (1987–1991)
	Labour Party (Emek Partisi)	Far-left	ban found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2005, and re-established
	Progressive Republican Party (Terakkiperver Cumhuriyet Fırkası)	Conservative	banned on 3 June 1925 (1924–1925)
	National Order Party (Milli Nizam Partisi)	Sunni Islamist	banned on 20 May 1971 (1970–1971)
	Welfare Party (Refah Partisi)	Sunni Islamist	banned on 16 January 1998; (1983-1998) ban upheld by European Convention on Human Rights 2003
	Virtue Party (Fazilet Partisi)	Sunni Islamist	banned on 22 June 2001; (1998-2001) ECHR case withdrawn by applicant 2005
	People's Labor Party (Halkın Emek Partisi)	Kurdish nationalist	banned in July 1993 (1990-1993)
	Democracy Party (Demokrasi Partisi)	Kurdish nationalist	banned on 16 June 1994; found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2002 (1993-1994)
	People’s Democracy Party (Halkın Demokrasi Partisi)	Kurdish nationalist	banned on 13 March 2003; found contrary to Article 11 (freedom of association) of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2010 (1994-2003)
	Democratic Society Party (Demokratik Toplum Partisi)	Kurdish nationalist	banned on 11 December 2009; ECHR case ongoing (2005-2009)[ citation needed ]
	Great Turkey Party (Büyük Türkiye Partisi)	Turkish nationalist	banned in 1983

See also

• Politics of Turkey
• List of political parties in the Ottoman Empire
• Communist Party of Turkey (disambiguation)

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External links

• Active political parties according to the chief prosecutor