The Independent Turkey Party ( tr, Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi, BTP) is a
nationalist
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and
Kemalist
Kemalism ( tr, Kemalizm, also archaically ''Kamâlizm''), also known as Atatürkism ( tr, Atatürkçülük, Atatürkçü düşünce), or The Six Arrows ( tr, Altı Ok), is the founding official ideology of the Republic of Turkey.Eric J. Zurcher ...
political party
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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 links
Party 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
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