Country: | Turkey |
Native Name: | Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi |
Party of Greens and the Left Future | |
Abbreviation: | YEŞİL SOL PARTİ YSP, YSGP |
Leader1 Title: | Co-Spokespersons |
Leader1 Name: | Ahmet Asena Didem Betül Göçer |
Foundation: | (first) (second)[1] |
Merger: | Equality and Democracy Party Greens Party (first) |
Merged: | Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (first) |
Ideology: | Green politics Left-libertarianism Anti-capitalism Alter-globalization Direct democracy Secularism |
Position: | Centre-left to left-wing |
National: | Peoples' Democratic Congress Labour and Freedom Alliance |
European: | European Green Party associate member[2] |
Headquarters: | Atatürk Bulvarı No:88 Daire: 16 Çankaya – Ankara |
Seats1 Title: | Grand National Assembly |
Party of Greens and the Left Future (Turkish: Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi, YSGP), abbreviated as Green Left Party (Turkish: Yeşil Sol Parti, YSP), is a green and left-libertarian party in Turkey.
The first YSP was founded on 25 November 2012 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-wing political author and former columnist for Taraf; Kutluğ Ataman, filmmaker and contemporary artist; and Ufuk Uras, former Istanbul deputy and president of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP).
The party is one of the participants in the Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK), a political initiative instrumental in founding the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in 2012.
Their chairpersons were temporarily arrested in February 2018 but released with a travel ban for the exterior and under monitoring of the police. They were charged over social media activity and books in their possession.[3]
In the 2023 parliamentary election, members of the HDK most famously the HDP ran on the YSP list because of the threat of a ban. YSP was transformed into the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party on 15 October 2023 and a new YSP was founded in November of the same year.
The party supports decentralization and advocates for significantly shifting central powers to local governments.[4]
The party has formally acknowledged the Armenian genocide.[5]