Green Left Party
Green Turkish political party
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The Party of Greens and the Left Future (Turkish: Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi, YSGP), abbreviated as Green Left Party (Turkish: Yeşil Sol Parti, YSP), is a green and left-libertarian party in Turkey.
YSP, YSGP (unofficial)
Didem Betül Göçer
24 November 2023 (second)[1]
Greens Party (first)
Party of Greens and the Left Future Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi | |
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| Abbreviation | YEŞİL SOL PARTİ (official) YSP, YSGP (unofficial) |
| Co-Spokespersons | Ahmet Asena Didem Betül Göçer |
| Founded | 25 November 2012 (first) 24 November 2023 (second)[1] |
| Merger of | Equality and Democracy Party Greens Party (first) |
| Merged into | Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (first) |
| Headquarters | Atatürk Bulvarı No:88 Daire: 16 Çankaya – Ankara |
| Ideology | Green politics Left-libertarianism Anti-capitalism[citation needed] Alter-globalization[citation needed] Direct democracy[citation needed] Secularism[citation needed] Anti-Zionism[citation needed] |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| National affiliation | Peoples' Democratic Congress Labour and Freedom Alliance |
| European affiliation | European Green Party associate member[2] |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green, Red |
| Grand National Assembly | 0 / 600 |
| Website | |
| yesilsolparti | |
History
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The first YSP was founded on 25 November 2012 as a merger of the Greens Party and the Equality and Democracy Party. The party changed its name in April 2016. Prominent members include Murat Belge, left-wing political author and former columnist for Taraf; Kutluğ Ataman, filmmaker and contemporary artist; and Ufuk Uras, former Istanbul deputy and president of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP).
The party is one of the participants in the Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK), a political initiative instrumental in founding the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in 2012.
Their chairpersons were temporarily arrested in February 2018 but released with a travel ban for the exterior and under monitoring of the police. They were charged over social media activity and books in their possession.[3]
In the 2023 parliamentary election, members of the HDK most famously the HDP ran on the YSP list because of the threat of a ban. YSP was transformed into the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party on 15 October 2023 and a new YSP was founded in November of the same year.
Political positions
The party supports decentralization and advocates for significantly shifting central powers to local governments.[4] Ufuk Uras identifies as a left libertarian. In 2015 he said:
The libertarian left is different from the traditional left because of its principles. These are: going in and out of power through elections, respect for different identities and beliefs, socially libertarian, egalitarian, eco-minded, participatory and for the restoration of justice. We would like the HDP to have such a profile. What we are trying to do is to adopt the Syriza experience in Greece to the HDP in Turkey.[5]
The party has formally acknowledged the Armenian genocide.[6]
