TheGreens Party(Turkish:Yeşiller PartisialsoYeşillerfor short) orGreen Party[1]is agreenpartyinTurkeyfounded in 2020.[2]TheInterior Ministryblocked the party from standing in the2023 elections.[3][4]: 38
Green Party Yeşiller Partisi | |
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| Abbreviation | YEŞİLLER |
| Leader | Özlem Teke Taşdemir (female spokesperson) Koray Doğan Urbarlı (male spokesperson) |
| Founded | 21 September 2020 30 June 2002(First incarnation) |
| Dissolved | 25 November 2012(First incarnation) |
| Split from | Green Left Party |
| Headquarters | Ankara |
| Ideology | Green politics Ecofeminism LGBT rights |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Green |
| Slogan | «Our house is burning! We will put this fire out!» (Turkish:«Evimiz yanıyor! Bu yangını söndüreceğiz!») |
| Website | |
| yesiller.org.tr | |
History
editGreens Party (Turkish:Yeşiller Partisi) (website yesiller.org) was a green liberalpartyin Turkey. Being the 57th political party of Turkey, it was established on 30 June 2008 after years of preparation since 2002.
Agreen party with the same namewas established prior to its establishment in 1988 (its founding President was former Health MinisterCelal Ertuğ (in Turkish)). The latter was closed down in 1994, and its third and last President wasAydın Ayas,who took the eco-liberal turn for the party.
Greens maintained local branches and initiatives inIstanbul,Ankara,İzmir,Bursa,Tekirdağ,andAntalya.[5]Greens were known as theGreens of Turkey(Turkish:Türkiye'nin Yeşilleri, Yeşiller Partisi) prior to the founding of the party. The party held its first general congress on 6 June 2010.
In November 2012, it merged with theEquality and Democracy Partyto form theGreens and the Left Party of the Future,YSGP for short. The party is one of the participants in the Peoples' Democratic Congress, a political initiative instrumental in founding the Peoples' Democratic Party in 2012. The Greens, along with feminists, left YSGP en masse in 2016, citing its lack of democratic decision making practices.
After the splitting,Yeşil Siyaset Meclisiwas founded with the idea of founding a green party again one day. After four years of preparation, Yeşiller Partisi was founded on 21 September 2020 again with 110 founding members; 55 of these members were women and 55 were men.
In 2020, the Greens submitted documents to theMinistry of the Interiorto register their status as a political party, so their name could be written on ballot papers. In 2021 the Greens filed a lawsuit against the ministry over the delay in providing the receipt stipulated in the Political Parties Law.[6][7][8]In February 2023, the Ankara 8th Administrative Court ruled that the Interior Ministry must issue the receipt.[9]
The party endorsedKemal Kılıçdaroğlufor the2023 Turkish presidential election.[10]For theparliamentary elections,on the other hand, the party established an electoral alliance with theWorkers' Party of Turkey(TİP), and its spokerpersons, Özlem Taşdemir Teke and Koray Doğan Urbarlı, decided to run as candidates on TİP's lists.[11]
Party programme
edit- Carbon-free economy:Greens say that fossil fuel dependency is the main cause of theclimate changethat has shaken political and social structures, and economic dynamics around the world; and ofclimate change in Turkey.They aim tostop all fossil fuel useby 2050 and reducethe nation's greenhouse gas emissionstonet zero.In order to achieve this Greens encourage responsible use ofthe nation's solar energyandwind powerand phasing out the use ofcoal in Turkey.[12][13]
- Green New Deal:Greens aim for a total transformation of theeconomy of Turkeyby supporting thenation's energyandtransportinfrastructure change, energy efficiency, creating good jobs, increasing the quality of life, cooperatives, sustainabletourism in Turkey,small scaleagriculture in Turkey,care services, alternative and informal jobs.[12]
- Water as a right for all:Greens say that water is a commons that belongs to all humans, other living beings and future generations. Greens will develop policies that will repair the broken hydrological cycle and foster water conservation in agricultural, domestic and industrial domains.[12]
- Good, Clean, Healthy Food for All:Greens will ban pesticides which putthe country's biodiversity,natural resources, human and animal lives at risk. They aim to create a support system to prevent the farmers dependency on companies and pesticides, and focus on preventing the depletion of natural resources,soil degradation,deforestation anddesertificationthrough holistic,restorativeand sustainable agricultural practices.[12]
- Gender and Sexuality:Greens say thatgender and sexuality in the countryis an area of rights, equality and freedom and set out to displace the patriarchal ideology and make structural and relational change in order to achieve liberation for all individuals, women, men and LGBTQI+ through equal citizenship.[12]
See also
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References
edit- ^"Stalled for two years, Türkiye's Green Party can't cut through Ankara's red tape".Bianet.Retrieved2 October2023.
- ^"Türkiye'de Yeşiller Partisi kuruldu, partinin ilkeleri ve hedefleri neler?"[Green party formed in Turkey, what are the party's principles and aims?].BBC News Türkçe(in Turkish). 22 September 2020.
- ^"Faaliyette Olan Siyasi Partiler"[Active political parties].tr:Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı (Türkiye)(in Turkish).
- ^"Türkiye Report 2023 - European Commission".neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu.Retrieved29 December2023.
Regarding political associations, the 8th Administrative Court of Ankara found unlawful the stance of the Ministry of Interior, which prevented the establishment of the Green Party by not providing a 'received' certificate for the application and decided to stay the execution of the process. The Court of Appeal has since removed the stay of execution decision regarding the Ministry of Interior's act, the Green Party is again prevented from being established and the case is still pending. The file for the establishment of the Humanity and Freedom Party is pending before the Constitutional Court.
- ^"European Green Party - Turkey".Archived fromthe originalon 14 October 2006.Retrieved5 December2009.
- ^Şen, Dilek (23 April 2021)."Yeşiller Partisi neden kurulamıyor?"[Why can't the Green Party be established?].Bianet(in Turkish).
- ^Ergin, Sedat (10 December 2021)."Türkiye'de bir Yeşiller Partisi kurmaya kalktığınızda"[When you try to establish a Green Party in Turkey].Hürriyet(in Turkish).Retrieved12 December2021.
- ^"Political Parties in Turkey".turkishelections.Retrieved21 September2023.
- ^"Turkey's Green Party wins case against Interior Ministry over attempts to prevent its establishment".Gazete Duvar.28 February 2023.Retrieved28 February2023.
- ^"Yeşiller Partisi, seçim kararını açıkladı: Kılıçdaroğlu'nu destekliyoruz!".cumhuriyet.tr(in Turkish). 31 March 2023.Retrieved31 March2023.
- ^"TİP ile Yeşiller Meclise!".yesiller.org.tr(in Turkish). 11 April 2023.Retrieved11 April2023.
- ^abcde"Parti Programı"[Party program].Yeşiller Partisi(in Turkish).Retrieved21 October2020.
- ^"With climate absent from Ankara's agenda, Turkey's Greens sense an opening".POLITICO.27 October 2020.Retrieved18 November2020.
