Republican People's Party

The Republican People's Party is a political party in Turkey that adheres to the Kemalist and social democratic ideologies. It is now the most prominent opposition party in the country. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the nation's first president and the man largely credited with conceiving the modern Turkish Republic, was the driving force behind the formation of this political party, making it Turkey's oldest political organisation. In addition to this, the party is sometimes credited with being the foundation party of modern Turkey. "contemporary social democratic party, which is dedicated to the foundation principles and values of the Republic of Turkey," this is how the CHP identifies itself ". Its emblem is comprised of the Six Arrows, which stand for the fundamental tenets of Kemalism. These tenets include republicanism, reformism, laicism, populism, nationalism, and statism. It is the biggest opposition party in the Grand National Assembly against the conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP), which is currently in power. The party has 135 members of parliament.
The different underground organisations that were active during the Turkish War of Independence served as the inspiration for the formation of the political party. The 1919 Sivas Congress was the venue for their unification, and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk served as its leader. In the year 1923, on September 9th, the "People's Party" declared itself to be a political organisation and, on October 29, 1923, it announced the establishment of the Turkish Republic with Atatürk as its first president. This occurred shortly after the People's Party had declared itself to be a political organisation. The People's Party changed its name to the Republican People's Party the next year, 1924. As Turkey proceeded towards a time in which there was only one party in power, the CHP served as the machinery that carried out far-reaching changes in Turkey's political, cultural, social, and economic systems.
After World War II, Atatürk's successor, smet nonü, allowed for multi-party elections, and the party undertook a peaceful handover of power after losing the 1950 election. This marked the end of Turkey's one-party era and the beginning of the country's multi-party period. When the military takeover in 1960, the years that followed witnessed a progressive tendency within the party towards the center-left, which was solidified after Bülent Ecevit became chairman of the party in 1972. The military junta that was in power in 1980 suppressed the Communist Party of Hungary (CHP), along with all other political parties active at the time. On September 9, 1992, Deniz Baykal led the reorganisation of the Republican People's Party (CHP) with the cooperation of the majority of its members from the pre-1980 era. The CHP was reestablished with its original name and a more moderate approach. When Kemal Klcdaroglu gained control of the party in 2011, he realigned it to its more historic place on the center-left of the political spectrum.
It is a founding party of the Nation Alliance, which is a coalition of opposition parties formed in opposition to the ruling AKP and their People's Alliance. Other founding parties of the coalition include the Good Party, the Felicity Party, and the Democrat Party. The Communist Party of Hungary (CHP) is not only a member of the Socialist International and the Progressive Alliance, but it is also an associate member of the Party of European Socialists (PES). In Turkey, a number of lawmakers affiliated with the CHP have come out in favour of the LGBT rights movement and the feminist movement. The party maintains its support for NATO and its commitment to measures that are pro-European. White-collar employees, retired generals, government officials, professors, college students, left-leaning intellectuals, labour unions such as DSK, and Alevis are examples of members of the middle and upper middle classes that make up the party's base. Strongholds for the party may be found in the areas of the Western Aegean (Izmir, Aydn, and Mula), Thrace, the east of the Black Sea Region (Ardahan and Artvin), and the college town of Eskişehir in Anatolian.
Category:Republican People's Party (Turkey)
Category:Political parties in Turkey
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