Anatolia Party
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Anatolia Party
Anadolu Partisi |
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| President | Emine Ülker Tarhan |
| Deputy President | Yunus Yunusoğlu |
| Founded | 14 November 2014 |
| Dissolved | 21 December 2015 |
| Split from | Republican People's Party |
| Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Environmentalism Laicism Progressivism Feminism Kemalism Civic nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours |
Blue, orange & yellow |
| Parliament: |
0 / 550
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| Website | |
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The Anatolia Party (Turkish: Anadolu Partisi, abbreviated AnaParti) was a political party in Turkey led by Emine Ülker Tarhan. It was founded on 14 November 2014 following Tarhan's resignation from the Republican People's Party (CHP) due to disillusionment with the leadership of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. Its logo is composed of a rising sun with a sunflower, representing Anatolia and Thrace respectively. The party's name was subject to a legal complaint by former MP Yılmaz Hastürk, who claimed that the political parties law in Turkey forbade party names to refer to geographic regions, though a former party was named Great Anatolia Party without facing legal problems.
After a disappointing result at the June 2015 general election where the party won just 0.06% of the vote, Tarhan took the decision to boycott the snap general election in November. The party's performance at the June general election and the decision to boycott the November general election gave rise to inner-party arguments, resulting in the executive taking the decision to disband the party in December 2015.
The Anatolia Party has been described by Tarhan as laicist and progressive, in favour of an impartial justice system, democracy and unity. The party was created in response to the 12-year-long rule of the conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the ineffectiveness of the CHP in opposition. The founding members of the party include a range of opposition intellectuals, former CHP members and also politicians formerly aligned with the centre-left Democratic Left Party (DSP) and the conservative Motherland Party (ANAP). In March 2015, two minuscule parties, namely Party for a Turkey without Disabilities and the National Alliance Platform joined the Anatolia Party.
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