Founded 25 November 2012 | Political position Left-wing | |
Leader Eylem Tuncaelli (female spokesperson)
Naci Sönmez (male spokesperson) Headquarters İzmir 2 Cad. 45/15 Kızılay, Ankara Ideology Libertarian socialism
Green politics
Anti-capitalism
Alter-globalization
Direct democracy
Secularism
Transfeminism National affiliation Peoples' Democratic Congress | ||
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.
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.
The party has formally acknowledged the Armenian Genocide.