Parties Represented in The Current Parliament
| Party | Ideology | Leader | MPs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice and Development Party |
AKP | Economic liberalism Sunni Islamism Conservatism |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 326 | |
| Republican People's Party |
CHP | Kemalism Social democracy Laicism |
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu | 135 | |
| Nationalist Movement Party |
MHP | Turkish nationalism Ülkücülük |
Devlet Bahçeli | 51 | |
| Peace and Democracy Party |
BDP | Democratic socialism Kurdish nationalism |
Selahattin Demirtaş | 29 | |
| Participatory Democracy Party |
KADEP | Kurdish minority interests | Şerafettin Elçi | 1 | |
Read more about this topic: List Of Political Parties In Turkey
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