The Turkish Democratic Party ( mk, Демократска партија на Турците, ''Demokratska partija na Turcite''; tr, Türk Demokratik Partisi) is a
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 ...
of the
Turkish minority in
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
.
In the 2002 parliamentary elections, the party joined the SDSM-led coalition and won 2 seats.
And in the 2006 parliamentary elections with an SDSM-led coalition and won 2 parliamentary seats.
The Party was a part of the
VMRO-DPMNE
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity ( mk, Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за ...
coalition for 8 years from 2008 to 2016. The Party has one member, Yusuf Hasani, in the Macedonian parliament.
Parliament of Macedonia website
/ref> The party did participate in a coalition with SDSM
The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалдемократски сојуз на Македонија – СДСМ, ''Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija'' – SDSM, sq, Lidhja socialdemokrate e Maqedonisë – LSDM) is a ...
- Besa in the 2020 parliamentary elections.
See also
* Turks of North Macedonia
* North Macedonia–Turkey relations
References
External links
Official website
Political parties of minorities in North Macedonia
Political parties of minorities
Turkish political parties
Turkish diaspora in Europe
Turks in North Macedonia
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