Social Freedom Party Explained

Social Freedom Party
Native Name:Toplumsal Özgürlük Partisi
Spokesperson:Perihan Koca
Pelin Kahiloğulları
Juliana Gözen
President:Şilan Sürmeli
Foundation:9 March 2020
Position:Left-wing to far-left
Headquarters:Süleyman Ayten Cad. Çiçek İş Merkezi No: 37/8 Mamak, Ankara
Website:https://toplumsalozgurluk.org
Country:Turkey
Colors: Yellow and Red
Split:Socialist Refoundation Party
National:Peoples' Democratic Congress
Labour and Freedom Alliance
Green Left Party (for 2023 elections)
Membership Year:2024
Membership: 427[1]

The Social Freedom Party (Turkish: Toplumsal Özgürlük Partisi, TÖP) is a political party in Turkey, founded on 9 March 2020. Initially a part of Socialist Refoundation Party,[2] the group broke away from the SYKP in 2013 and established the Social Freedom Party Initiative (TÖPG), prior to declaring TÖP as a party in 2020.[3]

is one of three spokespersons of the party, alongside Pelin Kahiloğulları and Juliana Gözen.[4] The party is noteworthy for the focus it puts on women's leadership and women's labour issues, in particular its women's organisation Purple Solidarity.[5]

The party's ideology and political programme is heavily influenced by Hikmet Kıvılcımlı and his works.[6] [7] TÖP is a participant of Peoples' Democratic Congress[8] and a member of Labour and Freedom Alliance.

In terms of international outlook, like most of the Peoples' Democratic Congress organisations, the Social Freedom Party is known to condemn Turkish and NATO militarism as well as Russian expansion, as in the case of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]

Perihan Koca was elected to the 28th Parliament of Turkey in the 2023 Turkish parliamentary election from Mersin.

References

  1. Web site: Toplumsal Özgürlük Partisi. Court of Cassation. 3 January 2024. Turkish.
  2. Web site: 2013-06-25 . Sosyalist Yeniden Kuruluş Partisi (SYKP) Kuruldu . 2022-08-28 . Ertuğrul Kürkçü . tr . 2022-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220828065023/https://ertugrulkurkcu.org/haberler/sosyalist-yeniden-kurulus-partisi-sykp-kuruldu/ . live .
  3. Web site: 2020-08-13 . Toplumsal Özgürlük Partisi, "Artık yeter devir değişsin" diyerek yola çıktı . 2022-08-28 . Sendika.Org . tr . 2023-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230503133244/https://sendika.org/2020/08/toplumsal-ozgurluk-partisi-artik-yeter-devir-degissin-diyerek-yola-cikti-594137/ . live .
  4. Web site: Seçimlere 9 ay kala üçüncü ittifak da kuruldu: Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı . 2022-08-28 . KARAR . 26 August 2022 . tr . 2022-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220826064953/https://www.karar.com/guncel-haberler/secimlere-9-ay-kala-ucuncu-ittifak-da-kuruldu-emek-ve-ozgurluk-ittifaki-1683317 . live .
  5. Web site: 2018-08-03 . Green Left, "How women are increasingly leading Turkey's socialist movement" . 2023-03-03 . greenleft.org.au . 2023-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131203056/https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/how-women-are-increasingly-leading-turkeys-socialist-movement . live .
  6. Web site: Hikmet Kıvılcımlı . 2022-08-28 . Toplumsal Özgürlük . tr-TR . 2020-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200919054441/https://www.toplumsalozgurluk.org/hikmet-kivilcimli/ . live .
  7. Web site: Turkey's Rejuvenated Left. 2015-06-07. Jacobin. 2022-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20221007132054/https://jacobin.com/2015/06/erdogan-turkey-elections-gezi-hdp. live.
  8. Web site: Bileşenler . 2022-08-28 . www.halklarindemokratikkongresi.net . tr . 2022-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220828065932/https://www.halklarindemokratikkongresi.net/bilesenler/497 . live .
  9. Price. Susan. 2022. Asian socialists condemn Russia's invasion, NATO expansionism . Green Left Weekly. 1336. 18. 2023-03-03.