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.