Democratic Party (Northern Cyprus)
Democratic Party | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Serdar Denktaş |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | North Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
| Ideology |
Turkish Cypriot nationalism Conservatism[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right[2] |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colors | Red, White, Green |
| Parliament: |
5 / 50 |
| Municipalities: |
1 / 28 |
| Website | |
| http://www.demokratparti.org/ | |
The Democratic Party (Turkish: Demokrat Parti, DP), officially known as Democratic Party - National Forces (Turkish: Demokrat Parti - Ulusal Güçler), is a conservative[1] political party in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. President of the party is Serdar Denktaş, son of former president Rauf Denktaş.
At the legislative elections for the Assembly of the Republic on 20 January 2005, the party won 13.5% of the popular vote and 6 out of 50 seats. Its candidate, Mustafa Arabacıoğlu, won 13.3% of the votes in the Northern Cyprus presidential elections on 17 April 2005. At the legislative elections on 19 April 2009 the DP won 5 out of 50 seats and 10.7% of the popular vote.
In 2013, 8 members of the parliament resigned from the National Unity Party (UBP) and joined the Democratic Party. The party subsequently renamed itself Democratic Party - National Forces.[3] At the legislative elections in 2013, the DP greatly increased its share of the votes and won 12 out of 50 seats and 23.2% of the popular vote. The party then subsequently went on to become the junior partner of the coalition government under the Republican Turkish Party (CTP).[4] However, in 2014, four members of the parliament resigned from the party[5] and three of them joined the National Unity Party.[6] In July 2015, the party became the main opposition party, against the CTP-UBP coalition.[7]
References
- 1 2 Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
- ↑ Andrekos Varnava; Christalla Yakinthou (2011). Cyprus: Political Modernity and the Structures of Democracy in a Divided Island. The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe. Oxford University Press. p. 469.
- ↑ "DP Ulusal Güçler siyaset sahnesinde" (in Turkish). Yeni Düzen. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ↑ "Başbakan Erdoğan ile görüşmek istiyor" (in Turkish). Milliyet. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ↑ "DP-UG'de istifa şoku" (in Turkish). Kıbrıs. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ↑ "DPUG'den istifa eden 3 vekil UBP'ye katıldı!" (in Turkish). Kıbrıs Postası. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ↑ "Ve kabine açıklandı" (in Turkish). Star Kıbrıs. Retrieved 16 July 2015.