Green Left Party

Green Left Party
Leader	Eylem Tuncaelli (female spokesperson) Naci Sönmez (male spokesperson)
Founded	25 November 2012
Headquarters	İzmir 2 Cad. 45/15 Kızılay, Ankara
Ideology	Libertarian socialism Green politics Anti-capitalism Alter-globalization Direct democracy Secularism Transfeminism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Peoples' Democratic Congress
European affiliation	European Green Party
International affiliation	none
Colours	Green
Website
http://yesillervesolgelecek.org/
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Green Left Party (Turkish: Yeşil Sol Parti) is a left-libertarian and green party in Turkey. It was founded on 25 November 2012 with the name Greens and the Left Party of the Future (Turkish: Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi) as a merger of the Greens Party and the Equality and Democracy Party. The party changed its name in April 2016.^[1]

Prominent members include Murat Belge, left-liberal political author and columnist for Taraf; Kutluğ Ataman, filmmaker and contemporary artist; and Ufuk Uras, former Istanbul deputy and president of the Freedom and Solidarity Party.

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

References

↑ Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi adını değiştirdi

Political parties in Turkey

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Not represented in the parliament	Alternative and Change Party Centre Party Communist Party Conservative Ascension Party Democratic Party Democratic Left Party Democratic Progress Party Democratic Regions Party Electronic Democracy Party Felicity Party First Party Freedom and Socialism Party Freedom and Solidarity Party Free Cause Party Gezi Party Great Union Party Green Left Party Homeland Party Independent Turkey Party Labour Party Liberal Democratic Party Motherland Party Nation Party Nation and Justice Party National Party National Struggle Party Patriotic Party People's Ascent Party People's Communist Party of Turkey Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party Rights and Equality Party Rights and Freedoms Party Rights and Justice Party Social Reconciliation Reform and Development Party Socialist Democracy Party Socialist Party of Refoundation Socialist Party of the Oppressed Young Party

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Green parties by country

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Burkina Faso Ecologist Party Greens of Burkina Rally of the Ecologists Burundi Central African Republic Chad Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Gabon Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Morocco The Greens Izigzawen Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Green Party Democratic Green Party South Africa Green Alliance Green Party Togo Tunisia Uganda Ecological Party Green Party Zambia

Americas	Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Guatemala French Guyana Haiti Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines United States Uruguay Green Sol PERI Venezuela

Asia-Pacific	Australia Fiji French Polynesia Hong Kong India Iran Iraq Israel Meretz The Green Movement The Greens Japan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Civil Will-Green Green Party Nepal Hariyali Green Civil Society New Caledonia New Zealand Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Uzbekistan Vanuatu

Europe (EGP FYEG)	Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Flanders and Brussels Wallonia and Brussels Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Green Party The Greens Croatia Sustainable Development of Croatia Green List Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Socialist People's Party The Greens Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Alliance '90/The Greens Ecological Democratic Party Greece Hungary Dialogue for Hungary Politics Can Be Different Iceland Ireland Italy Federation of the Greens Green Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands GroenLinks The Greens Norway Poland Portugal Earth Party Green Party LIVRE Romania Ecologist Party Green Party Russia Green Alternative (GROZA) Ecological Party "The Greens" (KEDR) Union of Greens (Green Russia) Alliance of Greens and Social Democrats Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Greens Youth Party Spain Catalonia Greens Confederation of the Greens Equo Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England and Wales (Wales) Northern Ireland Scotland

Italic links indicate non-members or observers of the Global Greens.

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