The Communal Democracy Party ( Turkish : Toplumcu Demokrasi Partisi , TDP ) is a social-democratic political party in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus . The party came into being in May 2007 as a merger of the Peace and Democracy Movement with the Communal Liberation Party . At the 2009 legislative elections for the Assembly of the Republic in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the TDP, in its first elections, won 2 out of 50 seats and 6.87% of the popular vote. In 2013, it took part in the interim Siber cabinet with three ministers. At the 2013 legislative elections , the party increased its share of the vote to 7.41% and its number of MPs to 3. The TDP currently holds the mayorship of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality with Mehmet Harmancı .
11-490: In November 2016, MP Mehmet Çakıcı, the founder of the party and its leader until 2013, resigned from the party, as did former MP Mustafa Emiroğulları and 70 other members including the former Minister of Agriculture Sami Dayıoğlu. Many of these members had originated from the Communal Liberation Party and they criticised what they saw as the nepotism by Cemal Özyiğit. They went on to form a new party under
22-648: A group of political figures from Gazimağusa District , resigned from the Republican Turkish Party and joined the TKP. In the meanwhile, the High Administrative Court ruled that the establishment of a new party under the name "Communal Liberation Party" should be suspended. As a result of this and an agreement with the new members, the party changed its name to "Communal Liberation Party New Forces" on 19 January. On 13 March 2017,
33-412: A settling approach to solve this problem. Regarding Varosha, Akıncı stated that, "Instead of living side by side a corpse let Varosha become a lively city where people live, contractors from both communities do business together and young people can find jobs". Akıncı went on to the second round by receiving 26.94% of the votes in the first round, and was elected president in the second round with 60.5% of
44-579: Is a left-wing , socialist party in Northern Cyprus . The party was founded in 2003 by İzzet İzcan. It supports the idea of a free, demilitarised and united Cyprus . In the 2009 elections , the BKP won 34,239 votes (2.42%) and no seats. In the 2013 elections it won 39,127 votes (3.15%) and no seats. This article about a Cypriot political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Northern Cyprus -related article
55-728: The Social Democratic Party merged into the TKP-YG. On 26 October 2017, it agreed with the United Cyprus Party to contest the election together under the TKP-YG list. This alliance was named the "Change and Liberation Alliance". The party's newspapers are Ortam , which used to be the TDP's newspaper but had Çakıcı as its majority shareholder, and Haberatör . United Cyprus Party The United Cyprus Party ( Turkish : Birleşik Kıbrıs Partisi , BKP )
66-464: The bi-communal, bi-zonal, United Federal Republic of Cyprus, which will be established on the basis of political equality with the Greek Cypriot community." Communal Liberation Party New Forces Communal Liberation Party New Forces ( Turkish : Toplumcu Kurtuluş Partisi Yeni Güçler , TKP-YG ) is a centre-left political party in Northern Cyprus . It is led by Mehmet Çakıcı . It
77-407: The name of the TDP back to "Communal Liberation Party" and also claimed that no new memberships had been allowed in the party for 6 months. Özyiğit had countered these by saying that "he was not concerned by personal business of this sort". Çakıcı founded the party using the name "Communal Liberation Party" (TKP) on 28 November 2016. In January 2017, Sonay Adem , Ali Gulle and İbrahim Korhan,
88-545: The same name as their political origin. On 13 March 2015, Mustafa Akıncı , a former member of the parliament from the party, completed his application to run for presidency, and was endorsed by the Communal Democracy Party. During his campaign, he put his voice forward regarding the ghost town Varosha , which is a very lively topic regarding the Cyprus problem. It was possible to see that Akıncı favoured
99-596: The votes. The TDP became a consultative member of the Socialist International in November 2015. It was upgraded to full membership in 2017. The TDP's official party program identifies the party as a social democratic , and leftist. On the Cyprus Problem , TDP argues for a solution which leads to a United Cyprus by "developing the power of self-government, to establish peace and security in
110-475: Was founded in 2016 after a group headed by Çakıcı broke off from the Communal Democracy Party (TDP). Çakıcı and former MP Mustafa Emiroğluları resigned from the TDP on 25 November 2016. This was followed by the resignation of 70 other members of the TDP, mostly originating from the historical Communal Liberation Party (TKP), on 28 November 2016. The rationale given for these resignations
121-483: Was what they saw as "undemocratic" policies employed by the TDP leadership under Cemal Özyiğit and "the restriction of the freedom of speech within the party" after an election for the head of the Güzelyurt District . This had culminated in disciplinary action against Emiroğluları, with the aim of expelling him from the party. Çakıcı and his fellows claimed that this was because Emiroğluları wanted to change
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