Innovation Party (Turkey) Explained

Innovation Party
Native Name:Yenilik Partisi
Country:Turkey
Abbreviation:YP
Founder:Öztürk Yılmaz
Leader:Öztürk Yılmaz
Slogan:Türkiye'ye Yenilik Gelecek ("Innovation will come to Turkey")
Founded:20 July 2020
Split:Republican People's Party
Headquarters:Çankaya, Ankara
Membership: 3,363[1]
Membership Year:2024
Position:Center[2] to Center-left
Colors: Blue
Red
Website:yenilikpartisi.org.tr
Seats1 Title:Grand
National Assembly

The Innovation Party (Turkish: Yenilik Partisi, YP) is a Turkish political party founded under the leadership of Öztürk Yılmaz, also currently serving as its chairman, on 20 July 2020.[3]

History

Formation

The party founder is Öztürk Yılmaz, who was a member of parliament for the CHP in both 2015 and 2018, who was expelled from the party on 20 November 2018 when he demanded that the adhān (call to prayer) should be in Turkish instead of Arabic. Another reason for his expulsion from the party were statements against the party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. In 2019 he then announced that he wanted to found his own party. Since its foundation in July 2020, the party has, with Yılmaz, a seat in the Turkish National Assembly.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yenilik Partisi. Court of Cassation. 28 May 2022. mdy-all. tr.
  2. Web site: 24 August 2020 . 26 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026212704/https://yenilikpartisi.org.tr/parti-programi/ . Arşivlenmiş kopya . live.
  3. Web site: Yenilik Partisi kuruluş dilekçesi İçişleri Bakanlığına verildi. www.aa.com.tr.
  4. Web site: 2020-08-04. Öztürk Yılmaz kimdir? Yeni parti kuran Öztürk Yılmaz nereli?. 2021-04-15. Sözcü. tr.