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2009 Istanbul Mayoral Election
The Istanbul mayoral election, 2009 for the office of mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkish: ''İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanlığı'') was held on 29 March 2009 and was won by the Justice and Development Party candidate, the incumbent Kadir Topbaş. The closely fought contest was noticeable in that it helped launch the national political career of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born Kemal Karabulut, 17 December 1948) is a Turkish economist, retired civil servant and social democratic politician. He is leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and has been Leader of the Main Opposition in T ..., who would go on to assume the leadership of his party. Results References {{Turkish elections 2009 elections in Turkey Elections in Istanbul 2000s in Istanbul March 2009 events in Turkey ...
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Kadir Topbas At 38th Istanbul Vodafone Marathon (2) Cropped
Kadir is the primary transliteration of two Arabic male given names ( ar, قادر, also spelled Ghader, Kader, Qader, Qadir or Quadir) and ( ar, قدیر, also spelled Ghadir, Kadeer, Qadeer or Qadir). It's also one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "''Almighty''". Kadeer * Kadeer Ali (born 1983), English cricketer Kader * Kader Abdolah (born 1954), Iranian-Dutch writer, poet and columnist * Kader Arif (born 1959), French politician * Kader Asmal (1934–2011), South African politician * Kader Hançar (corn 1999), Turkish women's footballer * Kader Khan (born 1937), Indian film actor * Abdel Kader Sylla (born 1990), Seychelles basketball player Kadir * Elishay Kadir (born 1987), Israeli basketball player * Syed Abdul Kadir (born 1948), Singaporean boxer * Kadir Arslan (born 1977), Turkish volleyball player * Kadir Cin (born 1987), Turkish volleyball player * Kadir İnanır (born 1949), Turkish film actor and director * Kadir Keleş (born 1988), Turkish footballer * Kadir ...
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Democrat Party (Turkey, Current)
The Democrat Party ( tr, Demokrat Parti), abbreviated to DP, is a liberal conservative Turkish political party, established by Ahmet Nusret Tuna in 1983 as the True Path Party ( tr, 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. 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 ...
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Elections In Istanbul
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organisations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are no ...
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2009 Elections In Turkey
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ...
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Independent Politician
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ...
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Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey)
The Liberal Democratic Party ( tr, Liberal Demokrat Parti, LDP) is a classical liberal party in Turkey. LDP was founded in 1994 as “''Liberal Parti”'' by Turkish entrepreneur Besim Tibuk. Tibuk was the advisor of Turkish President Turgut Özal until Özal died on 17 April 1993. After the death of Turgut Özal, Besim Tibuk decided to found a new party to emphasize the liberal movement in Turkey. Tibuk first founded the party as Liberal Party but then changed its name to "Liberal Democratic Party". After the failure of his party in the 2002 general elections, Tibuk resigned. Cem Toker was the leader of LDP from 20 June 2005 to 29 January 2017. Since then, Gültekin Tırpancı has been the leader of the party. According to data published in January 2021, the party has 5,227 members. The party uses unorthodox humorous language in its official Twitter accounts. Policies Presidential system Changing Turkey's parliamentary system, arguing that brought political instability ad ...
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Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)
The Nation Party (Turkish: ''Millet Partisi'') is a conservative and nationalistic political party in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with .... It was formed when in 1992 the Reformist Democracy Party (''Islahatçı Demokrasi Partisi''), led by Aykut Edibali, renamed itself. References External linksThe Nation Party's official site 1992 establishments in Turkey Conservative parties in Turkey National conservative parties Nationalist parties in Turkey Political parties established in 1992 Political parties in Turkey {{Turkey-party-stub ...
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Communist Party Of Turkey (modern)
The Communist Party of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP) is a communist party in Turkey. It was founded as the Socialist Power Party ( tr, Sosyalist İktidar Partisi, SİP) on 16 August 1993. In 2001, the party changed its name to the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and took over the historical legacy of the TKP. History After the 12 September Coup & Gelenek era The TKP that has been founded in 2001 has its roots in 1978. In that year a faction called Sosyalist İktidar (Socialist Power) has voiced concerns about the main political line of the Workers Party of Turkey (''Türkiye İşçi Partisi'' or TİP). The group claimed that the party's activities were not consistent with the programme of a revolutionary party, defending socialist revolution. The group headed by Yalçın Küçük and Metin Çulhaoğlu argued that due to oppressive terror atmosphere in the country the party gave in to unification policy within the left wing thus losing the perspective of taking p ...
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Rights And Freedoms Party
The Rights and Freedoms Party ( ku, Partiya Maf û Azadiyan, tr, Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi, abbreviated HAK-PAR) is a Kurdish nationalist political party in Turkey. Advocating federalism as a means of increasing Kurdish autonomy in the south-east of the country, the party split from the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) in 2002. The party's head office is in Diyarbakır. Until his death in October 2015, the party was headed by Fehmi Demir. In the local elections of 2014, the party won the municipal mayoralty in Konukbekler, Muş Muş (; hy, Մուշ; ku, Mûş) is a city and the provincial capital of Muş Province in Turkey. Its population is mostly Kurds. Etymology Various explanations of the origin of Muş's name exist. Its name is sometimes associated with the Arm ..., attaining 43,846 votes. In the June 2015 general election, HAK-PAR participated for the first time in a general election, winning 58,698 votes. List of Leaders Elections General elections L ...
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Independent Turkey Party
The Independent Turkey Party ( tr, Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi, BTP) is a nationalist and Kemalist political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ... founded on 25 September 2001 by Haydar Baş. In the June 2015 general election, the BTP received 96,465 votes with no parliamentary seats. Leaders *2001 Ata Selçuk *2002 Ali Gedik *2002–2020 Haydar Baş *2020–present Hüseyin Baş Election results General Elections Local Elections References External linksParty website 2001 establishments in Turkey Centrist parties in Turkey Civic nationalism Economic nationalism Kemalist political parties Political parties established in 2001 Political parties in Turkey Political parties of minorities {{Turkey-party-stub ...
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Motherland Party (Turkey)
The Motherland Party ( tr, Anavatan Partisi, abbreviated as ANAVATAN, formerly ANAP) is a political party in Turkey. It was founded in 1983 by Turgut Özal. It merged with the Democratic Party in October 2009, but in the September of 2011 the party was re-established again. Its current president is İbrahim Çelebi. The ANAP was considered a centre-right neoliberal, conservative and nationalist party that supported restrictions on the role that government can play in the economy and also supported private capital and enterprise and some public expressions of religion. The 1983 Turkish general election was won by the new Motherland Party, led by Özal. Although the party was composed of a potentially disruptive mixture of Islamic revivalist and secular liberals, he was able to form a majority government, and briefly, democracy was restored. History In the National Assembly elections on 6 November 1983, the Populist Party and the Motherland party were allowed to run for office. ...
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Ahmet Özal
Tevfik Ahmet Özal (born 3 December 1955) is a Turkish politician, the son of former Turkish President and Prime Minister Turgut Özal and a member of the Özal family. He has been an MP, and co-founded the Uzan Group and later the Özal Group. Career After graduating from the North Carolina State University he worked at the International Monetary Fund and in international banking from 1979 to 1988. In 1989 he co-founded (with Cem Uzan) Turkey's first private television station, "Magic Box" (now Star TV). Özal was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1999 as an independent; he joined the Motherland Party in 2002, and was the party's candidate for Mayor of Istanbul in the March 2009 local elections (gaining less than 1% of the vote). Later, he would become Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party, after the Motherland Party merged with it in October 2009. Since taking public office, he has adamantly stated that he feels his late father, former Turkish President ...
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