List of movements/Political Parties/Turkey

Parties

Parliamentary

Government

• Cumhur İttifakı (People's Alliance)
  • Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development Party)
  • Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (Nationalist Movement Party)
    • Bozkurtlar (Grey Wolves)
  • Yeniden Refah Partisi (New Welfare Party)
  • Hür Dava Partisi (Free Cause Party)
  • Demokratik Sol Parti (Democratic Left Party)
  • Büyük Birlik Partisi (Great Unity Party) (extraparliamentary)

Opposition

• Millet İttifakı/Altılı Masa (Nation Alliance/Table of Six)
  • Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Republican People's Party)
  • İyi Parti (Good Party)
  • Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi (Democracy and Progress Party)
  • Gelecek Partisi (Future Party)
  • Saadet Partisi (Felicity Party)
  • Demokrat Parti (Democrat Party)
  • Türkiye Değişim Partisi (Party for Change in Turkey)
• Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı (Labour and Freedom Alliance)
  • Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi (Party of Greens and the Left Future)
  • Türkiye İşçi Partisi (Workers' Party of Turkey)
  • Emek Partisi (Labour Party)
  • Toplumsal Özgürlük Partisi (Social Freedom Party)

Extraparlimentary

• Anavatan Partisi (Motherland Party)
• Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi (Independent Turkey Party)
• Genç Parti (Young Party)
• Partiya Doza Azadî (Free Cause Party)
• Muhafazakar Yükseliş Partisi (Conservative Ascension Party)
• Sol Parti (Left Party)
• Türkiye Komünist Partisi (Communist Party of Turkey)
• Vatan Partisi (Patriotic Party)
• Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi (Socialist Liberation Party)
• Sosyalist Alternatif (Socialist Alternative)
• Devrimci Sosyalist İşçi Partisi (Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party)
• Devrimci İşçi Partisi (Revolutionist Workers' Party)
• Türkiye Sosyalist İşçi Partisi (Socialist Workers' Party of Turkey)
• Yurt Partisi (Homeland Party)
• Ötüken Birliği Partisi (Ötüken Union Party)
• Ulusal Parti (National Party)
• Milli Mücadele Partisi (National Struggle Party)
• Korsan Parti Türkiye (Pirate Party Turkey)
• Yeşiller Partisi (Green Party)
• Kadın Partisi (Women's Party)
• Merkez Parti (Centre Party)
• Halkların Demokratik Partisi (Peoples' Democratic Party)
• Memleket Partisi (Homeland Party)
• Liberal Demokrat Parti (Liberal Democrat Party)
• Partiya Herêman a Demokratîk (Democratic Regions Party)
• Ata Alliance
  • Zafer Partisi (Victory Party)
  • Adalet Partisi (Justice Party)
  • Türkiye İttfak Partisi (Turkish Alliance Party)
  • Ülkem Partisi (My Country Party)

Banned

• Millî Nizam Partisi (National Order Party)
• Millî Selamet Partisi (National Salvation Party)
• Refah Partisi (Welfare Party)
• Fazilet Partisi (Virtue Party)
• Halkın Emek Partisi (People's Labour Party)
• Partiya Demokrasiyê (Democracy Party)
• Halkın Demokrasi Partisi (People's Democracy Party)
• Partiya Civaka Demokratîk (Democratic Society Party)
• Halkların Birleşik Devrim Hareketi (Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement)
  • Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê (Kurdistan Workers' Party)
  • Marksist-Leninist Komünist Partisi (Marxist-Leninist Communist Party)
  • Marksist Leninist Silahlı Propaganda Birliği (Marxist–Leninist Armed Propaganda Unit)
  • Maoist Komünist Partisi (Maoist Communist Party)
  • Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi/Leninist (Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist)
  • Devrimci Komünarlar Partisi (Revolutionary Communard Party)
  • Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist (Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist)
  • Devrimci Karargâh (Revolutionary Headquarters)
• Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi(Turkish People's Liberation Party-Front)
• Gülen hareketi (Gülen movement)

Historical

• Demokrat Parti (Democrat Party) (1946-1961)
• Adalet Partisi (Justice Party) (1961-1981)
• Doğru Yol Partisi (True Path Party) (1983-2007)

Ottoman Empire

• İttihat ve Terakki Fırkası (Committee of Union and Progress)
• Hürriyet ve İtilâf Fırkası (Freedom and Accord Party)
• Osmanlı Sosyalist Fırkası (Ottoman Socialist Party)
• Osmanlı Ahrar Fırkası‎ (Ottoman Liberty Party)
• Selanik Sosyalist İşçi Federasyonu (Socialist Workers' Federation)
• Sosyal Demokrat Fırkası (Social Democrat Party)
• Türkiye İşçi ve Çiftçi Sosyalist Fırkası (Turkish Workers and Peasants Socialist Party)
• Teceddüt Fırkası‎ (Renewal Party)
• Народна федеративна партия (българска секция) (People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section))
• Съюз на българските конституционни клубове (Bulgarian Constitutional Clubs)
• جمعية العربية الفتاة (Young Arab Society)
• Արմենական Կուսակցութիւն (Armenakan Party)
• Սոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան Կուսակցություն (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party)
• Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն (Armenian Revolutionary Federation)

People

Presidents

One-Party Period

• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( CHP, 1923-1938)
• İsmet İnönü ( CHP, 1938-1950)

Multi-party Period

Prior to the 2017 constitutional referendum, the position of President of the multi-party period of Turkey was ceremonial.

• Celâl Bayar (1950-1960)
• Cemal Gürsel (1961-1966)
• Cevdet Sunay (1966-1973)
• Fahri Korutürk (1973-1980)
• Kenan Evren (1980-1989)
• Turgut Özal (1989-1993)
• Süleyman Demirel (1993-2000)
• Ahmet Necdet Sezer (2000-2007)
• Abdullah Gül (2007-2014)
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ( AKP, 2014-)

Coups

• Cemal Gürsel (1961-1966)
• Kenan Evren (1917-1989)
• Fethullah Gülen (1941-????, failed)

Prime Ministers

The post of prime minister was abolished in 2018.

One-Party Period

• İsmet İnönü ( CHP, 1923-1924, 1925-1937)
• Fethi Okyar ( CHP, 1924-1925)
• Celâl Bayar ( CHP, 1937-1939)
• Refik Saydam ( CHP, 1939-1942)
• Şükrü Saracoğlu ( CHP, 1942-1946)

Multi-party Period

• Recep Peker ( CHP, 1946-1947)
• Hasan Saka ( CHP, 1947-1949)
• Şemsettin Günaltay ( CHP, 1949-1950)
• Adnan Menderes ( DP, 1950-1960)
• Cemal Gürsel (1960-1961)
• İsmet İnönü ( CHP, 1961-1965)
• Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1965)
• Süleyman Demirel (AP, 1965-1971, 1975-1977, 1977-1978, 1979-1980, 1991-1993)
• Nihat Erim (1971-1972)
• Ferit Melen (CGP, 1972-1973)
• Naim Talu (1973-1974)
• Bülent Ecevit ( CHP, 1974, 1977, 1978-1979, 1999-2002)
• Sadi Irmak (1974-1975)
• Bülend Ulusu (1980-1983)
• Turgut Özal ( ANAP, 1983-1989)
• Yıldırım Akbulut ( ANAP, 1989-1991)
• Mesut Yılmaz ( ANAP, 1991, 1996, 1997-1999)
• Tansu Çiller ( DYP, 1993-1996)
• Necmettin Erbakan ( RP, 1996-1997)
• Abdullah Gül ( AKP, 2002-2003)
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ( AKP, 2003-2014)
• Ahmet Davutoğlu ( AKP, 2014-2016)
• Binali Yıldırım ( AKP, 2016-2018)

• The Office was abolished on July 9, 2018

Vice Presidents

• Fuat Oktay ( AKP, 2018-2023)
• Cevdet Yılmaz ( AKP, 2023-)

List of the Main Opposition Leaders

• Kâzım Karabekir (TCF, 1924-1925)
• Fethi Okyar ( SCF, 1930)
• Celâl Bayar ( DP, 1946-1950)
• İsmet İnönü ( CHP, 1950-1960, 1965-1971)
• Ekrem Alican (YTP, 1961-1962)
• Ragıp Gümüşpala (AP, 1962-1964)
• Süleyman Demirel (AP, 1964-1965, 1974, 1977, 1978-1979)
• Bülent Ecevit ( CHP, 1975-1977, 1977-1978, 1979-1980)
• Necdet Calp (HP, 1983-1985)
• Aydın Güven Gürkan (SHP, 1985-1986)
• Erdal İnönü (SHP, 1986-1991)
• Mesut Yılmaz ( ANAP, 1991-1996, 1996-1997)
• Necmettin Erbakan ( RP, 1996, 1997)
• İsmail Alptekin (FP, 1997-1998)
• Recai Kutan (FP, 1998-2001)
• Tansu Çiller ( DYP, 2001-2002)
• Deniz Baykal ( CHP, 2002-2010)
• Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ( CHP, 2010-2023)
• Özgür Özel ( CHP, 2023-)