Denk (political party)
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Denk | |
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Leader | Stephan van Baarle |
Chairman | Ejder Köse[1] |
Leader in the House of Representatives | Stephan van Baarle |
Founders | Tunahan Kuzu Selçuk Öztürk |
Founded | 9 February 2015 |
Split from | Labour Party |
Headquarters | Lodewijk Pincoffsweg 503,Rotterdam |
Youth wing | Jongerenbeweging Oppositie[2] |
Think tank | Wetenschappelijk Instituut Statera[3] |
Membership (2024) | 3,594[4] |
Ideology | Minority interests :
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Denk (Dutch pronunciation: [dɛŋk]; Dutch for "think" and Turkish for "equal" or "balanced"[18]) is a political party in the Netherlands, founded on a minority rights platform.[19] It is legally registered as "Politieke Beweging Denk" (Political Movement Denk).[20]
The party was founded by Tunahan Kuzu and Selçuk Öztürk, two Turkish Dutch members of the House of Representatives, after leaving the Labour Party on 13 November 2014. Upon winning three seats at the 2017 election, Denk became the first migrant-founded party to gain seats in the Dutch national parliament.[21]
Although the party has been colloquially described as a "Muslim political party", Denk "does not promote Muslim candidates as do most similar political parties in Europe".
The party BIJ1 was founded by Sylvana Simons when she left Denk in 2016, and the two parties overlap substantially on minority rights issues but are divergent on cultural liberal aspects (wherein Denk is more conservative).
History
Denk was founded by
The results from the 2017 election ensured that Kuzu and Öztürk would remain in parliament together with new arrival Farid Azarkan, who is the current party leader.
Manifesto
The movement drew up a political manifesto in February 2015, from which the political party Denk emerged in November 2016.[27][28][non-primary source needed]
The Denk programme argues for the following five points:
- a tolerant society in which we accept each other.
- a caring society in which we look out for each other.
- a learning society in which we utilize everyone's talents.
- a sustainable society where we have to think about our environment.
- a just society, promoting international justice.
The movement wants to establish a monument in memory of labour, and they want knowledge of migration history as a key target in education. They propose that the term "
The movement proposes that in education,
Denk's view is that the
The party carries the program advanced by the International Institute for Scientific Research, based in The Hague, with the purpose of decolonization.[12] Among its policies, Denk seeks to: establish a "racism register" to track and condemn the use of hate speech against religion; build a Dutch slavery museum; abolish the black character Zwarte Piet ("Black Pete"); and ban the use of the Dutch word "Allochtoon" which it considers as derogatory towards ethnic minorities in the Netherlands.[12]
The party has been described as pro-immigration[29][18][30] and supporting multiculturalism,[31][32] as well as being identified with identity politics.[33]
Electorate
The party mainly attracts support from
Controversy
Support for the AK Party
The two leaders and founders of the party have been criticised for being "closely linked to the
The Diyanet, a Turkish governmental unit, has allowed Denk to promote itself in Diyanet-controlled Dutch mosques. There are 146 such mosques as of 2018.[36]
The party's program for the 2017 general election, in the context of the Armenian genocide, mourns both the Turkish and the Armenian sides, while calling for an "independent international investigation". Denk claims that there is no consensus regarding the scale and cause of the tragedy, and calls for "reason and unification". Within that framework, the party does not use the term genocide.[28][non-primary source needed] Denk was the sole party which voted against a bill recognising the Armenian Genocide.[8]
Targeting Turkish Dutch politicians
In March 2020, Denk was condemned by fellow members of the House of Representatives for releasing videos of MPs of Turkish descent from other parties, in which they are portrayed, for example, as "traitors" to the Turkish-Dutch community.[40]
Elected representatives
In the 2023 Dutch general election, three MPs from Denk were elected:[41]
Electoral results
House of Representatives
Election | Lijsttrekker
|
Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Tunahan Kuzu | 216,147 | 2.1 (#12) | 3 / 150
|
New | Opposition |
2021 | Farid Azarkan | 211,053 | 2.0 (#14) | 3 / 150
|
0 | Opposition |
2023 | Stephan van Baarle | 246,765 | 2.4 (#9) | 3 / 150
|
0 | TBA |
European Parliament
Election | Lijsttrekker
|
Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Ayhan Tonça | 60,669 | 1.1 (#13) | 0 / 26
|
New |
0 / 29
|
Local
Provincial | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drenthe | DNP | 0.00 | –0.25 | 0 / 43
|
0 |
Flevoland | DNP | 0.00 | –2.09 | 0 / 41
|
–1 |
Friesland
|
DNP | 0.00 | –0.17 | 0 / 43
|
0 |
Gelderland | DNP | 0.00 | –1.21 | 0 / 55
|
0 |
Groningen | DNP | 0.00 | –0.42 | 0 / 43
|
0 |
Limburg | DNP | 0.00 | –0.95 | 0 / 47
|
0 |
North Brabant | DNP | 0.00 | –1.23 | 0 / 55
|
0 |
North Holland | 14,711 | 1.24 | –1.16 | 0 / 55
|
–1 |
Overijssel | DNP | 0.00 | –1.24 | 0 / 47
|
0 |
South Holland | 22,068 | 1.48 | –1.25 | 0 / 55
|
–1 |
Utrecht | 10,356 | 1.59 | –0.54 | 0 / 49
|
–1 |
Zeeland | DNP | 0.00 | –0.48 | 0 / 39
|
0 |
Total | 47,135 | 0,60% | -1,07% | 0 / 572
|
-4 |
Municipality | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alkmaar | DNP | 0,00 | –1,4 | 0 / 39
|
0 |
Almere | 2,033 | 3,13 | New | 1 / 45
|
+1 |
Amersfoort | 2,065 | 2,99 | –0,41 | 1 / 39
|
0 |
Amsterdam | 13,039 | 4,01 | –2,69 | 2 / 45
|
–1 |
Arnhem | 2,649 | 4,37 | –0,83 | 2 / 39
|
0 |
Deventer | 1,336 | 3,2 | –1,4 | 1 / 37
|
0 |
Dordrecht | 1,844 | 4,11 | New | 1 / 39
|
+1 |
Eindhoven | 1,432 | 1,84 | –1,66 | 0 / 45
|
–1 |
Enschede | DNP | 0,00 | –3,7 | 0 / 39
|
–1 |
Helmond | 731 | 2,52 | New | 1 / 37
|
+1 |
Lelystad | 398 | 1,56 | –2,14 | 0 / 35
|
–1 |
Roermond | DNP | 0,00 | –3,3 | 0 / 31
|
–1 |
Rotterdam | 15,612 | 7,84 | +0,44 | 4 / 45
|
0 |
Schiedam | 3,087 | 11,65 | –0,05 | 4 / 35
|
0 |
The Hague | 10,222 | 5,6 | New | 2 / 45
|
+2 |
Utrecht | 5,525 | 3,51 | –1,39 | 1 / 45
|
–1 |
Veenendaal | 719 | 2,42 | –1,58 | 0 / 33
|
–1 |
Venlo | 947 | New | New | 1 / 39
|
+ |
Vlaardingen | 1,110 | 4,48 | New | 1 / 35
|
+1 |
Zaanstad | 2,540 | 4,59 | –0,91 | 2 / 39
|
0 |
Total | 67,982 | 0,95 | –0,09 | 25 / 8,522
|
+1 |
See also
References
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- ^ "Jongerenbeweging OPPOSITIE". jboppositie.nl. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- parlement.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Ledentallen Nederlandse politieke partijen per 1 januari 2024" [Membership of Dutch political parties as of 1 January 2024]. University of Groningen (in Dutch). Documentation Centre Dutch Political Parties. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ Wiegman, Marcel (24 March 2018). "Denk vindt de Turkse stem in Amsterdam". Het Parool (in Dutch).
- ^ "Een gelukkige Turk is niet blij met Denk". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 23 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "How will Turkish Germans vote in the country's upcoming election?". Deutsche Welle. 24 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Tweede Kamer erkent Armeense genocide". ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Boon, Floor (4 June 2020). "Denk: trouwe achterban, crisis of niet". NRC.
- ^ "Nieuwe Denk-leider Azarkan mikt op zes zetels en wil meebesturen". nos.nl. 26 September 2020.
- ^ a b "De DENK-stemmer: progressief én conservatief?". 22 January 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9780472132164
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- ^ Kuzu, Tunahan; Öztürk, Selçuk (9 February 2015). "Ex-PvdA'ers komen met nieuwe partij in een 'naar Geert Wilders gevormde wereld'" [Former Labour Party members introduce new party in a 'world shaped by Geert Wilders']. Het Parool (Interview) (in Dutch). Interviewed by Marcel Wiegman. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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- ^ a b "Denkend Aan Nederland" (PDF). Bewegingdenk.nl. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "A Pro-Immigrant Party Rises in the Netherlands". The New York Times. 29 July 2016.
- ^ "Ethnic minorities desert Labour, turn to Denk ahead of March vote". Dutch News. 6 February 2017.
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- ^ "DENK: The Long Needed Multicultural Party?". 25 July 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "The Dutch election suggests a new kind of identity politics". The Economist. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Uitslagenkaart Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 2017 per stembureau". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Turkse coup in Den Haag". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 3 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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- ^ van der Aa, Edwin (13 March 2020). "Kamer veroordeelt Denk om intimiderende filmpjes". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
External links
- (in Dutch) Official website