Green Party (Turkey)
Green Party (Turkish: Yeşiller Partisi also Yeşiller for short) is a green liberal party in Turkey founded in 2020.[1] However, as of July 2022, the Interior Ministry had not allowed the party to stand in any elections.[2][3]
Green Party Yeşiller Partisi | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Yeşiller |
| Leader | Emine Özkan (female spokesperson) Koray Doğan Urbarlı (male spokesperson) |
| Founded | 21 September 2020 |
| Split from | Green Left Party |
| Headquarters | Ankara |
| Ideology | Green liberalism Green politics Feminism LGBT rights |
| Political position | Centre-Left |
| Colours | Green |
| Slogan | «Our house is on fire! We will put out this fire!» (Turkish: «Evimiz yanıyor! Bu yangını söndüreceğiz!») |
| Website | |
| yesiller.org.tr | |
Party programme
- Carbon-free economy: Greens say that fossil fuel dependency is the main cause of the climate change that has shaken political and social structures, and economic dynamics around the world; and of climate change in Turkey. They aim to stop all fossil fuel use by 2050 and reduce the nation's greenhouse gas emissions to net zero. In order to achieve this Greens encourage responsible use of the nation's solar energy and wind power and phasing out the use of coal in Turkey.[4][5]
- Green New Deal: Greens aim for a total transformation of the economy of Turkey by supporting the nation's energy and transport infrastructure change, energy efficiency, creating good jobs, increasing the quality of life, cooperatives, sustainable tourism in Turkey, small scale agriculture in Turkey, care services, alternative and informal jobs.[4]
- 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.[4]
- Good, Clean, Healthy Food for All: Greens will ban pesticides which put the country's biodiversity, natural resources, human and animal lives at risk. We will create a support system to prevent the farmers dependency on companies and pesticides. We will prevent the depletion of natural resources, soil degradation, deforestation and desertification through holistic, restorative and sustainable agricultural practices.[4]
- Gender and Sexuality: Greens say that gender and sexuality in the country is 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.[4]
History
Greens Party (Turkish: Yeşiller Partisi) (website yesiller.org) was a green liberal party in Turkey. Being the 57th political party of Turkey, it was established on 30 June 2008 after years of preparation since 2002.
A green party with the same name was established prior to its establishment in 1988 (its founding President was former Health Minister Celal Ertuğ (in Turkish)). The latter was closed down in 1994, and its third and last President was Aydın Ayas, who took the eco-liberal turn for the party.
Greens maintained local branches and initiatives in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Bursa, Tekirdağ, and Antalya.[6] Greens were known as the Greens 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 the Equality and Democracy Party to form the Greens 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 Meclisi was founded with the idea of founding a green party again one day. After 4 years of preparation, Yeşiller Partisi was founded on 21 September 2020 again with 110 founding members whom 55 of them are women and 55 of them are men.
In 2020 the Greens submitted documents to the Ministry of the Interior to 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.[7] [8] As of 2022,[8] the party still had not been registered and the case was continuing,[3] although many parties which were formed in 2021 had their documents processed that year.[9][10] The result was that then party was barred from the next Turkish parliamentary election.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Siccardi, Francesco. "Will Green Activism Save Turkey's Democracy?". Carnegie Europe. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
the Ministry of Interior made an active decision not to approve the party's registration—a prerequisite for it to operate in Turkey
- ^ a b Koray Doğan Urbarlı [@Urbarli] (7 July 2022). "🚨 @YesillerPartisi 'ne @TC_icisleri tarafından uygulanan politik blokaj ve hukuki MÜTHİŞ istisnai durum hakkında… Bakın sizlerle bugün elimize ulaşan mahkeme kararını paylaşıyorum. Temelde iki karar var gözüküyor. İlki @YesillerPartisi 'ne, ikincisi de @TC_icisleri ne yönelik! t.co/w97bro9Esu" [🚨 About the political blockade and the legal AMAZING exceptional situation applied to @YesillerPartisi by @TC_icisleri… Look, I am sharing with you the court decision that we received today. Basically, there seem to be two decisions. The first one is for @YesillerPartisi and the second one is for @TC_icisleri!] (Tweet) (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 December 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c d e "Parti Programı" [Party program]. Yeşiller Partisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "With climate absent from Ankara's agenda, Turkey's Greens sense an opening". POLITICO. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "European Green Party - Turkey". Archived from the original on 14 October 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ Şen, Dilek (23 April 2021). "Yeşiller Partisi neden kurulamıyor?" [Why can't the Green Party be established?]. Bianet (in Turkish).
- ^ a b Ergin, Sedat. "Türkiye'de bir Yeşiller Partisi kurmaya kalktığınızda" [When you try to establish a Green Party in Turkey]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Yeşiller Partisi'nin kuruluşu tam olarak bir yıldır sekteye uğratılıyor" [The establishment of the Green Party has been interrupted for exactly one year]. Diken (in Turkish). 21 September 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Faaliyette Olan Siyasi Partiler" [Active political parties]. tr:Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı (Türkiye) (in Turkish).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Keyman, Fuat (22 January 2022). "Yeşiller Partisi niye engelleniyor ve Muhalefet ne yapmalı?" [Why is the Green Party blocked and what should the Opposition do?]. PolitikYol (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 January 2022.