Greens Party (Turkey)

Green Party
Yeşiller Partisi
AbbreviationYEŞİLLER
LeaderÖzlem Teke Taşdemir (female spokesperson)
Koray Doğan Urbarlı (male spokesperson)
Founded21 September 2020 (2020-09-21)
30 June 2002 (2002-06-30) (First incarnation)
Dissolved25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) (First incarnation)
Split fromGreen Left Party
HeadquartersAnkara
IdeologyGreen politics
Ecofeminism
LGBT rights
Political positionCentre-left
Colours  Green
Slogan«Our house is burning! We will put this fire out!»
(Turkish: «Evimiz yanıyor! Bu yangını söndüreceğiz!»)
Website
yesiller.org.tr

The Greens Party (Turkish: Yeşiller Partisi also Yeşiller for short) or Green Party[1] is a green party in Turkey founded in 2020.[2] The Interior Ministry blocked the party from standing in the 2023 elections.[3][4]: 38 

  1. ^ "Stalled for two years, Türkiye's Green Party can't cut through Ankara's red tape". Bianet. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Faaliyette Olan Siyasi Partiler" [Active political parties]. tr:Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı (Türkiye) (in Turkish).
  4. ^ "Türkiye Report 2023 - European Commission". neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 29 December 2023. 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.