Independent Republican Party | |
Native Name: | Bağımsız Cumhuriyet Partisi |
Native Name Lang: | Turkish |
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Abbreviation: | BCP[1] |
President: | Hakkı Karğın[2] |
Secretary General: | Ateş Çehreli |
Leader2 Title: | Founder |
Leader2 Name: | Mümtaz Soysal |
Slogan: | for managing Turkey from Turkey |
Founded: | [3] |
Headquarters: | Bayındır 1. Sokak 15/13 06450 Kızılay, Çankaya, Ankara |
Newspaper: | Pusula |
Ideology: | Kemalism Republicanism Full independence |
Membership Year: | 2024 |
Membership: | 11[4] |
Website: | https://bcp.org.tr/ |
Country: | Turkey |
The Independent Republican Party (Turkish: Bağımsız Cumhuriyet Partisi, BCP) is a Kemalist political party defends republicanism and full independence in Turkey. It was founded by constitutional law professor Mümtaz Soysal and many academics on 24 July 2002.[5]
Party joined the Turkey Alliance in 2023 and supports Ahmet Özal in the 2023 Turkish presidential election.[6]