Political Parties and Leaders

Anavatan Partisi (Motherland Party) or Anavatan [Erkan MUMCU];

Democratic Left Party or DSP [Mehmet Zeki SEZER];

Democratic Society Party or DTP [Ahmet TURK];

Felicity Party or SP [Recai KUTAN] (sometimes translated as Contentment Party);

Justice and Development Party or AKP [Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN, prime minister];

Nationalist Action Party or MHP [Devlet BAHCELI] (sometimes translated as Nationalist Movement Party);

People's Rise Party (Halkin Yukselisi Partisi) or HYP [Yasar Nuri OZTURK];

Republican People's Party or CHP [Deniz BAYKAL];

Social Democratic People's Party or SHP [Murat KARAYALCIN];

Democratic Party DP [Mehmet AGAR];

Young Party or GP [Cem Cengiz UZAN]