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 24 November 2023 (second) [1] | (first)
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 Alter-globalization Direct democracy Secularism |
Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
National affiliation |
Peoples' Democratic Congress Labour and Freedom Alliance |
European affiliation | European Green Party associate member [2] |
Colours | Green, Red |
Grand National Assembly | 0 / 600 |
Website | |
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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.
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.
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The party supports decentralization and advocates for significantly shifting central powers to local governments. [4]
The party has formally acknowledged the Armenian genocide. [5]