Party for Change in Turkey
The Party for Change in Turkey, or TDP (Turkish: Türkiye Değişim Partisi), was a Turkish political movement originally started and founded in 2009, transforming into a political party in 2020 under the leadership of Mustafa Sarıgül.
Party for Change in Turkey Türkiye Değişim Partisi | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Mustafa Sarıgül |
| General Secretary | Soner Gökçe |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Dissolved | 8 June 2023 |
| Split from | DSP CHP |
| Preceded by | TDH |
| Merged into | CHP |
| Headquarters | Çankaya, Ankara |
| Youth wing | Youth of Change |
| Membership (2023) | 50,051 |
| Ideology | Social democracy Kemalism Civic nationalism Left-wing populism Economic nationalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
| Colours | White and red |
| Slogan | Change takes heart! Değişim yürek ister! |
| Grand National Assembly (2023) | 1 / 600 |
| Municipality Parliaments | 2 / 20,498 |
| Website | |
| Official Website (tdp.org.tr) | |
After a period in the DSP, Sarıgül established the TDH (Türkiye Değişim Hareketi/Movement for Change in Turkey) to challenge the domination of the Turkish centre-left by the CHP, whose leader Deniz Baykal had withstood a leadership challenge by Sarıgül in 2005.
Party leader Sarıgül announced that they would support the CHP and Kılıçdaroğlu in the 2023 general elections. In response, the CHP made Sarıgül a candidate for the parliament from the Erzincan electoral district. Party leader Mustafa Sarıgül announced that they were merging with the CHP on 8 June 2023.