Democrat Party Demokrat Parti | |
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Abbreviation | DP |
President | Gültekin Uysal |
Founder | Mehmet Ağar |
Founded | 27 May 2007 |
Preceded by | True Path Party |
Headquarters | Sadık Ahmet Cad. no:3, Balgat, Ankara |
Membership (2024) | ![]() |
Ideology | |
Political position | Center-right[9] |
National affiliation | Nation Alliance |
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Slogan | Başka Bir Türkiye Mümkün (Another Turkey is Possible) |
Grand National Assembly | 3 / 600 |
District municipalities | 2 / 922 |
Belde Municipalities | 3 / 388 |
Municipal Assemblies | 55 / 20,952 |
Party flag | |
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Website | |
www.dp.org.tr | |
The Democrat Party (Turkish: Demokrat Parti), abbreviated to DP, is a liberal conservative[10] Turkish political party, established by Ahmet Nusret Tuna in 1983 as the True Path Party (Turkish: Doğru Yol Partisi or DYP). It succeeded the historical Democrat Party and the Justice Party, two parties with similar ideologies. Their sister party is the Good Party.[11]
The DYP is seen as a centre-right party. DYP's history spans back to the historical conservative Democrat Party, established in 1946 with the introduction of a multi-party system in Turkish politics. There have been four DYP governments since its foundation; one led by Süleyman Demirel, the other three by Turkey's first and only female Prime Minister, Tansu Çiller. The party now has two seats in the Grand National Assembly, elected in the lists of the Good Party during the 2018 general election.
On 5 May 2007, it was announced that DYP and the Motherland Party (ANAP) would merge to form the Democrat Party (Demokrat Parti). For that occasion, DYP renamed itself (based on the historical Democrat Party), and it was planned that ANAP would join the newly founded DP. Shortly before the election, however, the merging attempt failed.[12] However, ANAP stated it would not contest the upcoming elections. After the DP only got about 6% of the votes in the 2007 general election, Ağar resigned as party leader.[13] DYP and the Motherland Party eventually merged in November 2009.
The modern DP's logo, a horse upon a red background, derives from the popular mispronunciation of its name, Demokrat Parti. The word Demokrat did not readily roll off the tongue of rural voters, who found it easier to say Demir Kırat ("iron white horse").[14] After the renaming in mid-2007, the logo became a white horse on a red map of Turkey in order to evoke this mondegreen.
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