Homeland Party (Turkey, 2021)

The Homeland Party (Turkish: Memleket Partisi) is a political party in Turkey that was founded on 17 May 2021 by Muharrem İnce, the former candidate of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in the 2018 Turkish presidential election.

Not to be confused with Yurt Partisi, another active political party in Turkey that translates to the same name.
Homeland Party
Memleket Partisi
ChairpersonMuharrem İnce
SecretaryHalil İlker Çelik
Spokespersonİpek Özkal Sayan
FounderMuharrem İnce
Founded4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) (as a movement)
Registered17 May 2021 (2021-05-17) (as a party)
Split fromRepublican People's Party
HeadquartersÇankaya, Ankara
Membership (2023)Increase 25,132[2]
IdeologyKemalism[3]
Pro-Europeanism[4]
Populism[5][6]
Colours  Blue
  Light blue
Slogan(MAVİ)
Homeland, Justice, Conscience, and Jobs for the jobless!
Grand National Assembly
0 / 600
Provincial councillors[7]
2 / 1,251
Municipal assemblies[8][9]
4 / 20,498
Website
memleketpartisi.org.tr

The party originated as a social movement (Homeland Movement[10]) in September 2020, two years after the election. It split from the CHP after İnce failed to unseat serving CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu from his position.[11] İnce was also encouraged to establish a party during his Homeland Movement campaign.[12]

The party is largely seen as a protest movement against the established CHP leadership, which has refused to resign despite consecutive election losses and has been accused by İnce of straying from the CHP's core Kemalist values.[13] It has two seats in the Grand National Assembly.

History

Homeland Movement

The Homeland Movement was founded by Muharrem İnce in Sivas on 4 September 2020, marking the anniversary of the Sivas Congress, with the motto of "Homeland Movement Within One Thousand Days (Bin Günde Memleket Hareketi)". İnce stated that the aim of the movement during its foundation as "...not a intraparty opposition movement, we are offering an alternative to Turkey. Turkey needs to reunite and share. The name of the movement that we started today is 'Homeland Within 1000 Days' movement."[14]

Partification

Muharrem İnce, on 8 December 2020, stated that he would leave the CHP, which he had been a member of since 1992, and that the Homeland Movement would be registered as a political party. The name and logo of the party would be made public by himself at a press conference in the future.[15] İnce started a three-day preseason training in Nevşehir on 25 January 2021 with a team that consisted of 80 people, and said: "We have unanimously accepted our party constitution".[16]

Muharrem İnce said that the party's foundation application would be given to the Ministry of Interior in April 2021.[17] It was eventually provided earlier than expected on 17 May, at which time the party was officially established. Upon establishment, three CHP members of the Parliament joined the party. One of them resigned later from the party and became independent.[18] The party sought to gain support from CHP's constituencies, especially followers of ulusalcılık within the party.[19]

In February 2023, Muharrem İnce announced that the Homeland Party is discussing an electoral alliance with the Democratic Left Party, the Victory Party, True Party and the Justice Party for the 2023 Turkish general election.[20]

On 6 March 2023, Muharrem İnce left the four-party alliance negotiations by sending a message to their WhatsApp group.[21]

References
  1. "Memleket Partisi Resmi Web Sitesi" (PDF).
  2. "Memleket Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  3. "Muharrem İnce, Memleket Partisi'nin yol haritasını açıkladı". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  4. "Memleket Partisi Program" (PDF). memleketpartisi.org.tr.
  5. "Lümpenleşme, popülizm, tedirgin iyimserlik arasına sıkışmak". Gazete Oksijen. 4 July 2023.
  6. "Präsidentschaftswahl in der Türkei: Muharrem İnce könnte zum Spielverderber werden". Der Tagesspiegel Online.
  7. "Ertan Şener CHP'den istifa etti, Memleket Hareketi'ne katıldı - Son Dakika Haberler". www.hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  8. "Merkezefendi Belediye Meclisi'nde Memleket Partisi grubunu kurdu - Deda Haber". www.dedahaber.com (in Turkish). 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  9. "Memleket Partili Mudanya Belediye üyesine çirkin saldırı!". Ufuk Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2021-07-10. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  10. See “History” for more information about the movement.
  11. "Kılıçdaroğlu Muharrem İncenin siyasi parti yapılanması iddialarına yanıt verdi" [Kılıçdaroğlu responds to claims of İnce forming a party]. sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Sözcü Gazetesi. 1 January 2021.
  12. "İnce 'parti kurayım mı?' diye sordu, yurttaşlar yanıt verdi; "Kur, kur!"" [İnce; “The people want me to establish a political party.”] (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet Gazetesi (cumhuriyet.com.tr). 11 September 2020.
  13. "Muharrem İnce istifa etti: CHP tabeladan ibaret" [İnce has resigned, accuses CHP.] (in Turkish). Gazete duvaR. (gazeteduvar.com.tr). 8 February 2021.
  14. ""Bin günde memleket" hareketi nedir? Muharrem İnce'den önemli açıklamalar". Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  15. "Muharrem İnce parti kuracağını açıkladı". Cumhuriyet. 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  16. "Muharrem İnce'den 'Memleket Partisi' açıklaması". abc.com. 25 January 2021. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021.
  17. "Muharrem İnce: Siyasette 24 Saat Çok Uzun Zaman". www.milliyet.com. 3 April 2021.
  18. "Milletvekili Mehmet Ali Çelebi, Memleket Partisi'nden istifa etti". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  19. "İnce Liderliğinde Memleket Partisi Kuruldu". Amerika'nin Sesi | Voice of America - Turkish (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  20. "Memleket Partisi, Demokratik Sol Parti, Zafer Partisi, Adalet Partisi ve Doğru Parti'den 4. Ittifak geliyor".
  21. "Muharrem İnce 'mesajla' 4'lü ittifaktan ayrıldı". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-03-06.


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