|
Party Of Friendship, Equality And Peace
The Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace ( el, Κόμμα Ισότητας, Ειρήνης και Φιλίας, abbr. Κ.Ι.Ε.Φ., KIEF; tr, Dostluk-Eşitlik-Barış Partisi, DEBP) is a Greek political party founded to represent the interests of native Muslims of Greece. The recognised Muslim minority in Greece consists mainly of Pomaks, Muslims of Turkish and Bulgarian origin, and Roma. Overview The party was created on 13 September 1991 by Sadik Achmet, who presided over it until his death in 1995. Achmet was succeeded by his widow Isik Achmet (Işık Ahmet) who led until 1999. The party was then led by Achmet Chatziosman until 2007 when Chatziosman was elected member of the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). The next chairman, Moustafa Bosnak, was replaced in July 2010 by Moustafa Ali Tsavous. Achmet Chatziosman was elected in 2002 and 2006 for the Rhodope Prefecture on a common PASOK- Synaspismós list and was vice-prefect from 2002 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadik Achmet
Sadik Achmet ( el, Σαδίκ Αχμέτ, tr, Sâdık Ahmet) (1 January 1947 – 24 July 1995) was a Greek doctor of medicine and politician of Turkish ethnicity. He founded the Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace. He was elected to the Greek parliament in June 1989. He was sent to court on 24 January 1990 due to his declarations that the members of the Muslim minority in Thrace are Turks, and because he referred to himself as "Turk" in his election pamphlet. After a two-day trial he was found guilty of slander Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person, place or thing that results in damage to its reputation. It can be spoken (slander) or written (libel). It constitutes a tort or a crime. The legal defini ... and misinformation by the Greek court and condemned to 18 months. Leaving the courtroom he stated "I am being taken to prison only because I am a Turk. If being a Turk is a crime, I repeat here that I am a Turk and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synaspismós
The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology ( el, Συνασπισμός της Αριστεράς των Κινημάτων και της Οικολογίας, ''Synaspismós tīs Aristerás tōn Kinīmátōn kai tīs Oikologías''), commonly known as Synaspismos ( el, Συνασπισμός, ''Synaspismós'', "Coalition") and abbreviated to SYN (ΣΥΝ), was a Greek political party of the radical New Left. It was founded in 1991 and was known as the Coalition of the Left and Progress ( el, Συνασπισμός της Αριστεράς και της Προόδου, ''Synaspismós tīs Aristerás kai tīs Proódou'') until 2003. In 2004 SYN was a founding member of the Party of the European Left. SYN was the largest party of the left-wing coalition formed in 2004 called Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA). SYN was dissolved in 2013. History Coalition, late 1980s–1991 Synaspismos emerged initially as an electoral coalition at the late 1980s, with the pro-Soviet Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Alliance (Greece)
The Democratic Alliance (Greek language: Δημοκρατική Συμμαχία — ΔΗ.ΣΥ., ''Dimokratiki Symmachia'' — DISY) was a centrist neoliberal political party in Greece. It was founded on 21 November 2010 by Dora Bakoyannis, a few months after she was expelled from the centre-right party New Democracy for voting in support of a European Union-International Monetary Fund backed financial stability loan. The party's founding congress took place on 27 May 2011. On 21 May 2012 the party rejoined New Democracy. Representation The party had one MEP in the European Parliament (defected from ND): *Theodoros Skylakakis Political positions As outlined in its founding declaration, the Democratic Alliance defines itself politically as a centrist movement that is ideologically inspired by the anthropocentric values of humanism, the rational thought and personal freedom brought forth by the Enlightenment, as well as the economic, political and social freedom of liberalism as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 2012 Greek Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 6 May 2012 to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament. It was regular scheduled to be held in late 2013, four years after the previous election; however, an early election was stipulated in the coalition agreement of November 2011 which formed the Papademos Cabinet. The coalition comprised both of Greece's traditional major political parties, PASOK on the left and New Democracy (ND) on the right, as well as the right-wing Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS). The aim of the coalition was to relieve the Greek government-debt crisis by ratifying and implementing decisions taken with other Eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a month earlier. The elections delivered massive losses for the parties of the outgoing government, resulting in a realignment of Greek politics. PASOK, who won the 2009 election in a relative landslide, won just 13% of the overall vote, a decline of almost three-quarters. ND emerg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Greek Legislative Election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 4 October 2009. Elections were not required until September 2011, but on 2 September 2009 Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of New Democracy announced that he would request President Karolos Papoulias dissolve Parliament and call elections. Parliament was dissolved on 9 September. The result was a victory for the opposition PASOK party led by George Papandreou, who became the new Prime Minister. New Democracy lost 61 of its 152 seats, with its vote share dropping by over 8 percentage points. Voting was mandatory; however there are no sanctions or penalties for not voting. Participating parties A total of 23 parties participated in the elections. Six of them participated in only one or two parliamentary constituencies. *New Democracy *PASOK *Communist Party of Greece *Popular Orthodox Rally *Coalition of the Radical Left *Ecologists Greens * Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece *Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Greek Legislative Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 16 September 2007 to elect the 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament. The leading party for a second term was New Democracy under the leadership of Kostas Karamanlis with 42%, followed by George Papandreou and PASOK with 38%. New Democracy managed to secure an absolute but narrow majority of 152 out of 300 seats in parliament. The populist Popular Orthodox Rally entered the parliament for the first time with 10 seats, while the parties of the left, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and Syriza, enjoyed a significant increase in their vote share. KKE received 8% of the votes (up from 6%) and won 22 seats (from 12), while Syriza received 5% of the votes (up 2pp) and 14 seats. The difference of nearly four percentage points between the first two parties resulted in George Papandreou announcing that he would seek reaffirmation of his party leadership, with Evangelos Venizelos and Kostas Skandalidis also declaring candidacy for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Democracy (Greece)
New Democracy (ND; el, Νέα Δημοκρατία, Néa Dimokratía, ) is a liberal-conservative political party in Greece. In contemporary Greek politics, New Democracy has been the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties along with its historic rival, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). New Democracy and PASOK were created in the wake of the toppling of the military junta in 1974, and ruled Greece alternately for the next four decades. Following the electoral decline of PASOK, New Democracy remained one of the two major parties in Greece, the other being the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA). Having spent four and a half years in opposition to SYRIZA's government, New Democracy regained its majority in the Hellenic Parliament and returned to government under Kyriakos Mitsotakis after the 2019 legislative election. The support of New Democracy comes from a wide electorate base ranging from centrists to conservatives, and nationalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Greek Legislative Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 March 2004.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p830 The New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy Party of Kostas Karamanlis won the elections, ending eleven years of rule by PASOK. PASOK was led into the elections by George Papandreou, who succeeded retiring Prime Minister Costas Simitis as party leader in February. Leaders Greek politics is strongly dynastic. Kostas Karamanlis is the nephew of Konstantinos Karamanlis, who was six times (1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1974, 1977) Prime Minister of Greece, Prime Minister and twice President of Greece (1980–1985, 1990–1995), and the founder of New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy after the metapolitefsi, restoration of democracy in 1974. George Papandreou is the son of Andreas Papandreou, three times (1981, 1985, 1993) Prime Minister and the founder of PASOK, and the grandson of Georgios Papandreou, a liberal centrist who entered national politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Greek Legislative Election ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 9 April 2000.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p830 The ruling PASOK of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet. Results References {{Greek elections Greece Parliamentary elections in Greece 2000 in Greek politics Legislative Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Greek Legislative Election ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p830 The ruling PASOK of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert. Results References {{Greek elections Parliamentary elections in Greece 1990s in Greek politics Greece Legislative Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galip Galip
Galip is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Ghalib (Arabic: غالب ghālib) which generally means "to overcome, to defeat", also meaning "successor, victor". It may refer to: People * Galip Balkar (1936–1983), Turkish diplomat assassinated by Armenian militants * Galip Cav (1912–?), Turkish cyclist and participant in the 1928 Summer Olympics * Galip Ramadhi (born 1950), Albanian politician * Mehmed Said Galip Pasha (1764–1829), Ottoman grand vizier * Reşit Galip (1893–1934), Turkish politician See also * Galip nut * Galatasaray Beyoğlu Hasnun Galip Club Administrative Center Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ... {{dab, given name Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsetin Mantatzi
Tsetin Mantatzi ( el, Τσετίν Μάντατζη, Tsetín Mántatzi; tr, Çetin Mandacı; born 7 March 1970) is a Greek politician from the Turkish minority of Western Thrace in northeastern Greece. Mantatzi was born in Orfano, a village in the Topeiros municipality. He studied medicine at the Istanbul University and is employed as a cardiologist at the General Hospital of Xanthi. He is married to Fikret Gülsüm and has three children. Mantatzi was first elected as municipal councilman in Topeiros in 2002 and was its mayor until 2004. He was re-elected at the municipal council in 2006. Mantatzi was elected to the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in 2007 and reelected in 2009. With another PASOK dissenter, he refused to support the Union government led by Lucas Papademos between PASOK, New Democracy and Popular Orthodox Rally in November 2011 because he was against the participation of far right party (Popular Orthodox Rally/LAOS) in the government. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
