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Party of Greens and the Left Future Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi
Abbreviation	YEŞİL SOL PARTİ (official) YSP, YSGP (unofficial)
Co-Spokespersons	Ahmet Asena Didem Betül Göçer
Founded	25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) (first) 24 November 2023 (2023-11-24) (second)
Merger of	Equality and Democracy Party Greens Party (first)
Merged into	Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (first)
Headquarters	Atatürk Bulvarı No:88 Daire: 16 Çankaya – Ankara
Ideology	Green politics Left-libertarianism Anti-capitalism Alter-globalization Direct democracy Secularism Anti-Zionism
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
National affiliation	Peoples' Democratic Congress Labour and Freedom Alliance
European affiliation	European Green Party associate member
Colours	Green, Red
Grand National Assembly	0 / 600
Website
yesilsolparti.org
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Party of Greens and the Left Future (Turkish: Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi, YSGP), abbreviated as Green Left Party (Turkish: Yeşil Sol Parti, YSP), is a green and left-libertarian party in Turkey.

History

The first YSP was founded on 25 November 2012 as a merger of the Greens Party and the Equality and Democracy Party. The party changed its name in April 2016. Prominent members include Murat Belge, left-wing political author and former columnist for Taraf; Kutluğ Ataman, filmmaker and contemporary artist; and Ufuk Uras, former Istanbul deputy and president of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP).

The party is one of the participants in the Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK), a political initiative instrumental in founding the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in 2012.

Their chairpersons were temporarily arrested in February 2018 but released with a travel ban for the exterior and under monitoring of the police. They were charged over social media activity and books in their possession.

In the 2023 parliamentary election, members of the HDK most famously the HDP ran on the YSP list because of the threat of a ban. YSP was transformed into the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party on 15 October 2023 and a new YSP was founded in November of the same year.

Political positions

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The party supports decentralization and advocates for significantly shifting central powers to local governments. Ufuk Uras identifies as a left libertarian. In 2015 he said:

The libertarian left is different from the traditional left because of its principles. These are: going in and out of power through elections, respect for different identities and beliefs, socially libertarian, egalitarian, eco-minded, participatory and for the restoration of justice. We would like the HDP to have such a profile. What we are trying to do is to adopt the Syriza experience in Greece to the HDP in Turkey.

The party has formally acknowledged the Armenian genocide.

References

1. "Yeşil Sol Parti". Court of Cassation (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 February 2024.
2. "Turkey". 30 October 2023.
3. "Stop the leaders of the Turkish Green Party from being jailed under false charges". European Greens. Archived from the original on 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
4. "Umudun siyasetini birlikte büyütmek için" (PDF). yesilsolparti.org (in Turkish). September 2021. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
5. "Turkish libertarian: Pro-Kurdish HDP in Turkey should be like Syriza in Greece". rudaw.net. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
6. "Turkey's Green Party recognizes Armenian Genocide | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency". Armenpress.am. Retrieved April 23, 2015.

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