Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)
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Social Democratic Populist Party Sosyaldemokrat Halkçı Parti | |
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Leader | Erdal İnönü |
Founded | November 3, 1985 (1985-11-03) |
Dissolved | February 18, 1995 (1995-02-18) |
Merger of | Populist Party Social Democracy Party |
Merged into | Republican People's Party |
Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
Ideology | Kemalism Social democracy Secularism Reformism Civic nationalism |
Political position | Centre-left |
International affiliation | Socialist International |
Colors | Red |
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The Social Democratic Populist Party or Social Democratic Popular Party (
History
The
In the 1989 local elections, the SHP emerged as the strongest party with 27.8 percent of the vote, winning in six metropolitan areas, 39 provinces, and 283 districts.[1]
The
Nevertheless the party was one of the first parties to acknowledge that the Kurdish Question was not just an issue of terrorism. In the South Eastern Report published by the party in 1990 the problems of not acknowledging the Kurds as a distinct ethnic group were noticed. It was emphasized the Kurds should be able to express their Kurdish identity and legal barriers prohibiting this should be lifted.[4]
During the 1991 Turkish general election, SHP formed an electoral alliance with pro-Kurdish HEP.[6] After the 1991 general election, the SHP became a partner in the coalition government and İnönü became deputy prime minister (11/20). In the coalition agreement, the SHP insisted on lifting the ban on pre-1980 parties which were dissolved by the military government. The pre-1980 parties were authorized on 19 June 1992.
This was risky for the SHP. Shortly after legalization, a group of SHP MPs resigned from the party and reformed the Republican People's Party (CHP), Erdal İnönü's father's party (most party members were pre-1980 CHP members). The SHP and the CHP, two similar parties, co-existed for a while. On 6 June 1993, İnönü announced that he was planning to resign and Murat Karayalçın was elected as the new president of the party on 11 September 1993. Then the CHP and the SHP agreed to merge on 29 January 1995. Former foreign minister Hikmet Çetin (SHP) became the interim chairman and the merged party chose the name of CHP after İnönü's suggestion.
Leaders
- 1985-1986 Aydın Güven Gürkan
- 1986-1993 Erdal İnönü
- 1993-1995 Murat Karayalçın
References
- ISBN 9781134025596.
- ^ a b "Destroying Ethnic Identity: The Kurds of Turkey" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. July 1990. p. 36.
- ^ a b "Almost All Party Chairs Served Jail Term". Bianet. 3 May 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9781134025596.
- ^ ISBN 9780295990491.
- ISSN 0020-7438.
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