New Path
New Path Yeni Yol | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Celal Mümtaz Akıncı |
| Founders | Ali Babacan Ahmet Davutoğlu Mahmut Arıkan |
| Founded | 10 January 2025 |
| Preceded by | Felicity and Future Alliance |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| Members | Felicity Party Future Party Democracy and Progress Party |
| Colours | Blue and white |
| Grand National Assembly | 24 / 600 |
| Metropolitan municipalities | 0 / 30 |
| District municipalities | 7 / 1,351 |
| Provincial councillors | 4 / 1,251 |
| Municipal Assemblies | 343 / 20,498 |
The New Path (YY; Turkish: Yeni Yol) is a Turkish political alliance between the Felicity Party (SP), Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) and the Future Party (GP). It was established on 4 January 2024, which includes the establishment of a joint group in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM).[1]
History
[edit]Before the 2023 parliamentary election, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) amended the electoral system so that the distribution of parliamentary deputies would be made by votes for specific parties instead of party alliances. As a result of this change, parties could no longer blend votes from multiple parties to get a deputy elected.
Temel Karamollaoğlu, President of the Felicity Party, held talks with the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) and the Future Party to make a joint list within the Nation Alliance. While the Future Party was in favour of a tripartite alliance, DEVA Party Chairman Ali Babacan refused to enter the elections from the lists of the Felicity Party, so the tripartite alliance was not established. Instead, Felicity Party, Future Party, DEVA Party and Democrat Party (DP) participated in the elections from the lists of the Republican People's Party. As a result of the elections, DEVA Party won 15 deputies to the TBMM, while Felicity Party and Future Party won 10 deputies. In July 2023, the Felicity and Future Alliance consisted of SP and GP was formed. In December 2024, Mehmet Emin Ekmen and Ertuğrul Kaya of DEVA joined the SAADET group to help that group.[2] Mustafa Yeneroğlu, Burak Dalgın and Selma Aliye Kavaf left DEVA in reaction of the upcoming merger.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Yıldız Yazıcıoğlu (10 January 2024). "TBMM'de çatı parti birlikteliği: Yeni Yol Partisi kuruldu". VOA Turkey (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "DEVA Partili Mehmet Emin Ekmen, Saadet-Gelecek Grubu'na katılmak için dilekçe verdi". Medyascope (in Turkish). 27 December 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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