Left Party (Turkey)
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Left Party Sol Parti | |
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Abbreviation | SOL Parti |
Leader | Önder İşleyen[1] |
Founded | 1 September 1996 December 22, 2019 (rebranding) | (as Freedom and Solidarity Party)
Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
Membership (2024) | ![]() |
Ideology | Socialism Left-wing populism Anti-capitalism Secularism |
Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
National affiliation | United June Movement (2015–2022) Union of Socialist Forces (2022–2023) |
European affiliation | Party of the European Left |
District municipalities | 1 / 973 |
Municipal Assemblies | 5 / 20,952 |
Party flag | |
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http://solparti.org | |
The Left Party (Turkish: Sol Parti, often written as SOL Parti) is a secular, socialist political party in Turkey.[3] The Party was founded after Freedom and Solidarity Party (Turkish: Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi – ÖDP) decided to change its name as the Left Party at the 8th Extraordinary Congress held in Ankara on December 22, 2019.[4]
Although after the foundation the leadership of the Left Party did not completely rule out the legacy of its predecessor (ÖDP), which was more inclined to
In retrospect, neither the Left Party nor its predecessor ÖDP demonstrated significant electoral success in Turkey. The party has never been able to achieve a vote share of 1%, remaining far below Turkey's 10 percent national election threshold. Thus, it did not have any opportunity to be represented in the parliament as a party. However, the party launched and carried out several political campaigns to build extra-parliamentary opposition in Turkey, often together with other left-wing groups and parties, civil society organizations and trade unions. Also, in different local elections, it had minor achievements in places like Hopa. Today, the Left Party has no single leader. Instead, it is ruled by the Board of Presidents consisting of four members (including Önder İşleyen [official leader], Pelin Bektaş, Çiçek Çatalkaya and İlknur Başer).
The party is a member of the
History
It was founded in 1996 as a merger of several
In the 2004 local elections, the ÖDP gained control of two
Ufuk Uras, who was then the president of the party was elected to the parliament from the independents' ticket, during the 2007 general election. The party's formal lists, which hadn't fielded candidates in several key constituencies in support of the left-wing candidates standing on the independents' ticket, polled 0.15% in that poll.
In the 6th congress held on June 20, 2009, the delegates elected Alper Taş as the new leader, solely nominated as the chairmanship. Apart from the discussions on some political headlines, Party Assembly consisting of sixty people was also assigned. In this congress, the signals that the party will have a more anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist route were given.
Former chairman Ufuk Uras resigned from ÖDP on June 19, 2009, one day before the congress. During a press conference at Parliament, Uras said, “We are resigning together with the Freedom Left, who have worked in the founding of the party and held various positions at different times in the ÖDP – from provincial and district branch administration to membership in the party council, central steering and discipline committees – where we have been struggling since its founding for a historic meeting that overrides the existing structures.”
In the 8th extraordinary congress on 22 December 2019, the party changed its name to Left Party.[12]
Tendencies
The Libertarian Socialist Platform within the Freedom and Solidarity Party is a successor to the
Election results
General elections
Election | Votes | Share | Seats | Leader |
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1999 | 248,553 | 0.80% | 0 / 600 |
Ufuk Uras |
2002 | 105,862 | 0.47% | 0 / 600 |
Ufuk Uras |
2007 | 52,055 | 0.15% | 0 / 600 |
Bekir Kemal Ulusaler |
2023 | 76,801 | 0.14% | 0 / 600 |
Önder İşleyen |
Local elections
Election | Votes | Share | Seats | Leader |
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1999 | 263,814 | 0.84% | 0 / 600 |
Ufuk Uras |
2004 | 105,862 | 0.10% | 0 / 600 |
Hayri Kozanoğlu |
2009 | 52,055 | 0.17% | 0 / 600 |
Hayri Kozanoğlu |
Gallery
References
- ^ "Sol Parti" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Sol Parti" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "ÖDP'nin yeni adı Sol Parti oldu". Gazete Duvar. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.(in Turkish)
- ^ "Turkey's leftist Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP) renamed Left Party". Duvar English. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Alper Taş: Sol Parti'de mütevazı olarak yer alacağım, yeni yüzlerin olması daha iyi". The Independent Türkçe. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.(in Turkish)
- ^ "SOL Parti Manifestosu". Retrieved 26 July 2021.(in Turkish)
- ^ "Our Parties". Party of European Left. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ Özlen, Tunca (28 November 2018). "Birleşik Haziran Hareketi'nin başına ne geldi?". Gazete Duvar. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Sosyalist Güç Birliği yola çıktı: 'Ülkemizin geleceğine birlikte sahip çıkıyoruz'". Cumhuriyet. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
- ^ Results for Samandağ, Hürriyet
- ^ National results for the ÖDP Archived 2016-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Hürriyet
- ^ odpadmin, odpadmin. "Kongremiz toplandı ve ismimiz Değişti: Yeni isim SOL PARTİ | Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi" (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ISBN 978-0810875074.
External links
- (in Turkish) ÖDP with a short introduction in English.
- (in German) Freiheit und Solidarität