1980 Sonrasında Türkiye’de Sol Hareketler ve Sol Partiler
Left Movements And Left Parties In Turkey After 1980

Summary/Abstract: It is presumed that the left-wing ideology in the arena of politics around the world first emerged in the French Assembly after the French Revolution simply because of the way the members of the assembly were seated. In the French Assembly, those who embrace freedom, support change and transformation sit on the left side of the president, and those who are against change, transformation and hold the monopoly of production on the right. With the military coup on September 12, 1980, many political parties were closed in Turkey. In 1980, the military junta held general elections to leave the government to political power. With the 1980 general elections, the Motherland (ANAP) Party, which represents the right wing and led by Turgut Özal, came to power. After this, left wing parties tried to gather under a single roof, and they were partially successful. The Republican People's Party (CHP), which was re-established in 1992, wanted to gather left-wing parties under its umbrella; however, could not be successful. The Welfare (Refah) Party, representing the right-wing party, won the 1995 general elections. Left-wing parties, on the other hand, were the losers of the election. In the 1999 general elections, there was a change and the Democratic Left Party (DSP) became the leading party. However, since the DSP could not get enough seats in the parliament to be in power, a government was formed with the ANAPMHP (Nationalist Movement Party)-DSP coalition. The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which was founded in 2001 and described itself as a right-wing party, had a victorious success in the 2002 general elections and came to power on its own. Since then, the right-wing AK Party has held political power. Since the transition to the multi-party system, the right-wing ideology has held the political power in the political arena in Turkey. Although this process was interrupted by military revolutions, they became political power again after the revolutions. It is essential to examine why the left-wing parties cannot come together, and unite under a single roof, and take the power.

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