Below is the list of party leaders (former and present) in Turkey. Only the leaders of parties which were present in the parliament or received a considerable percentage of votes are shown.

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Progressive Republican Party (Turkey) The Progressive Republican Party ( ota, ترقی‌ پرور جمهوریت فرقه‌ سی, Terakkiperver Cumhuriyet Fırkası) was a political party in Turkey between 1924 and 1925.Myron E. Weiner, Ergun Özbudun (1987) ''Competitive Elections ...

: Liberal Republican Party (Turkey) :

National Development Party (Turkey) The National Development Party ( tr, Millî Kalkınma Partisi) was the first opposition party in the Multi-party period of the Republic of Turkey, multi-party system in Turkey, established by Nuri Demirağ in 1945. Defunct political parties in ...

Democrat Party (Turkey, historical) Democrat Party may refer to: *Democratic Party (United States) (founded 1828) **Democrat Party (epithet), a pejorative term used by opponents of the Democratic Party *Democrat Party (Chile) (1887–1941) * Democrat Party (Persia) (1909–1919/21) * ...

Nation Party (Turkey, 1948) The Nation Party ( tr, Millet Partisi) was a conservative and nationalistic political party developed as a third option within the then bipartisan system in Turkey. It lasted from 1948 until 1953, when it was outlawed. The Nation Party was founde ...

: Republican Nation Party :

Liberty Party (Turkey) Liberty Party ( tr, Hürriyet Partisi) was a former political party in Turkey founded in 1955. Background Democrat Party (DP) won the 1950 elections and ended the one party era of Turkey. DP, being a moderately right wing party had promised ...

: Republican Peasants' Nation Party :

Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) The Nation Party ( tr, Millet Partisi) was a Turkish conservative and nationalistic political party active from 1962 to 1977. History An earlier party named " Nation Party" had existed from 1948 to 1953, when it was outlawed. The founders of the ...

New Turkey Party (1961) New Turkey Party ( tr, Yeni Türkiye Partisi, YTP) was a former Turkish political party. Background Democrat Party which was the ruling party of Turkey between 1950 and 1960 was closed by the military rule in 1960. In 1961, a number of new p ...

Justice Party (Turkey) The Justice Party ( tr, Adalet Partisi, AP) was a Turkish political party prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. A descendant of the Democrat Party, the AP was dominated by Süleyman Demirel, who served six times as prime minister, and was in off ...

Nationalist Movement Party The Nationalist Movement Party (alternatively translated as Nationalist Action Party; tr, Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, MHP) is a Turkish far-right and ultranationalist political party. The group is often described as neo-fascist, and has bee ...

Reliance Party Republican Reliance Party ( tr, Cumhuriyetçi Güven Partisi, CGP) was a former party in Turkey. Background The Republican People's Party (CHP) which is usually credited as the founder of the Turkish Republic in 1923 was the oldest party in Tu ...

Republican Reliance Party Republican Reliance Party ( tr, Cumhuriyetçi Güven Partisi, CGP) was a former party in Turkey. Background The Republican People's Party (CHP) which is usually credited as the founder of the Turkish Republic in 1923 was the oldest party in Tur ...

Democratic Party (Turkey, 1970) Democratic Party ( Turkish: ''Demokratik Parti'', DP for short) was a former political party in Turkey founded on 18 December 1970 . It should not be confused with the historical Democrat Party or the current Democrat Party in Turkey. The party ...

Workers Party of Turkey Workers' Party of Turkey (''Türkiye İşçi Partisi'') was a Turkish political party, founded the 13 February 1961. It became the first socialist party in Turkey to win representation in the national parliament. It was banned twice (after the mi ...

Republican Party (Turkey) Republican Party ( tr, Cumhuriyetçi Parti, CP) was a former political party in Turkey. The Republican People's Party (CHP) which is usually credited as the founder of the Turkish Republic in 1923 was the oldest party in Turkey. But after the pa ...

: National Order Party : National Salvation Party :

Welfare Party The Welfare Party ( tr, Refah Partisi, RP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey. It was founded by Ali Türkmen, Ahmet Tekdal, and Necmettin Erbakan in Ankara in 1983 as heir to two earlier parties, National Order Party (MNP) and National ...

Virtue Party Virtue Party ( tr, Fazilet Partisi, FP) was an Islamist political party established on 17 December 1997 in Turkey. It was found unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court and then banned on 22 June 2001 for violating the secularist articles of ...

Felicity Party The Felicity Party ( tr, Saadet Partisi, SP) is an Islamist Turkish political party. It was founded in 2001, and mainly supported by conservative Muslims in Turkey. It was founded on 20 July 2001 after the Virtue Party (FP) was banned by the ...

: Turkey Unity Party :

Democratic Left Party (Turkey) The Democratic Left Party ( tr, Demokratik Sol Parti, abbreviated DSP) is a Turkish political party, founded on 14 November 1985 by Rahşan Ecevit and Bülent Ecevit. History 1985–1999 The DSP, a social-democratic oriented party, was re ...

: Nationalist Democracy Party (Turkey) :

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 p ...

People's Party (Turkey) The Populist Party ( tr, Halkçı Parti, HP) was a political party in Turkey which was active between 1983 and 1985. Background After the coup of 1980, all political parties were dissolved by the military government (ruling through the Natio ...

Social Democracy Party (Turkey) The Social Democracy Party ( tr, Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi, SODEP) of Turkey was one of the two main parties of Turkey in early 1980s but later on merged with the People's Party to form the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1985. Ideolo ...

True Path Party The True Path Party ( tr, Doğru Yol Partisi, DYP) was a centre-right political party in Turkey, active from 1983 to 2007. For most of its history, the party's central figure was Süleyman Demirel, a former Prime Minister of Turkey who previously ...

Workers' Party (Turkey) The Workers' Party ( tr, ) was a political party founded in 1992 and led by Doğu Perinçek. It has its roots in the Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (TİİKP), the Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (TİKP) and the Soci ...

: Patriotic Party (Turkey) :

Great Unity Party The Great Unity Party ( tr, Büyük Birlik Partisi, BBP) or Great Union Party is a far-right Sunni Islamist and ultranationalist political party in Turkey, created on 29 January 1993.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 Öza ...

: Bright Turkey Party :

Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey) The Social Democratic Populist Party ( tr, Sosyaldemokrat Halkçı Parti, abbreviated SHP) was a political party in Turkey that formed after the fusion of the Social Democracy Party (''Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi'', SODEP) of Erdal İnönü and the ...

Democrat Turkey Party Democrat Turkey Party ( tr, Demokrat Türkiye Partisi, DTP) is a former political party in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located ...

Democratic Society Party The Democratic Society Party ( tr, Demokratik Toplum Partisi, DTP, Kurdish: ''Partiya Civaka Demokratîk'', PCD) was a Kurdish nationalist political party in Turkey. The party considered itself social-democratic and had observer status in the So ...

Justice and Development Party (Turkey) The Justice and Development Party ( tr, Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, ; AKP), abbreviated officially AK Party in English, is a List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey self-describing as Conservative democracy, conservative- ...

New Turkey Party (2002) New Turkey Party or abbreviated as NTP, ( tr, Yeni Türkiye Partisi, YTP) was a social democratic political party in Turkey. It was founded in 2002 following a leadership crisis in the Democratic Left Party ( tr, Demokratik Sol Parti, DSP) that ...

People's Ascent Party The People's Ascent Party ( tr, Halkın Yükselişi Partisi, abbreviated HYP) is a Turkish political party founded by the Istanbul MP and theologian Yaşar Nuri Öztürk on 16 February 2005, adopting the principles of a democratic state of law. ...

People's Democracy Party (Turkey) People's Democracy Party ( tr, Halkın Demokrasi Partisi, HADEP) was a Kurdish political party in Turkey. Murat Bozlak founded the party on 11 May 1994. The party disbanded in 2003. History Bozlak's first chairmanship Party founder and at ...

New Welfare Party The New Welfare Party ( tr, Yeniden Refah Partisi, YRP) is an Islamist political party in Turkey. It is the successor of the Welfare Party, which was banned in 1998. They adopt the National Outlook (Turkish: ''"Millî Görüş"'') ideology. Hi ...

Good Party The Good Party ( Turkish: ''İyi Parti'') is a nationalist, national conservative, Kemalist, and liberal democrat political party in Turkey, established on 25 October 2017 by its current leader Meral Akşener. Their fraternal party is the liber ...

Workers' Party of Turkey (2017) The Workers' Party of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye İşçi Partisi, TİP) is a political party in Turkey. The party was established as a result of the internal strife of two rival factions within the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP). The faction led by ...

Future Party (Turkey) The Future Party ( tr, Gelecek Partisi, GP) is a political party in Turkey formed by former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. The party was formally founded on 12 December 2019, in opposition to the ruling Justice and Development Party. History ...

Democracy and Progress Party The Democracy and Progress Party ( tr, Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi, DEVA, lit. Democracy and Enterprise Party) is a Turkish political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of Ali Babacan, a former economy minister under the AK ...

Innovation Party (Turkey) The Innovation Party ( tr, Yenilik Partisi, YP) is a Turkish political party founded under the leadership of Öztürk Yılmaz, also currently serving as its chairman, on 20 July 2020. History Formation The party founder is Öztürk Yılmaz Ö ...

Movement for Change in Turkey The Party for Change in Turkey, or TDP ( tr, Türkiye Değişim Partisi), is a Turkish political movement originally started and founded in 2009, transforming into a political party in 2020 under the leadership of Mustafa Sarıgül. It was former ...

Homeland Party (Turkey, 2021) The Homeland Party ( tr, Memleket Partisi) is a political party in Turkey that was founded on 17 May 2021 by Muharrem İnce, the former candidate of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in the 2018 presidential elections. The party originated as ...

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