Young Party

Young Party Genç Parti
Abbreviation	GENÇPARTİ (official)[1] GP (unofficial)
Chairperson	Burçin Şahindur[2]
General Secretary	Melek Dingaz
Founder	Cem Uzan
Founded	26 November 1992 (1992-11-26) (as YDP) 10 July 2002 (2002-07-10) (as GP) 23 August 2002 (2002-08-23) (merged)
Headquarters	Ankara, Turkey
Membership (2024)	23,466[3]
Ideology	Kemalism[4] Economic liberalism[5] Populism[6][7] Pro-Europeanism[8]
Colours	Red (official)   Grey (customary)
Slogan	Ezilenler iktidar olacak ("The oppressed will come to power")
Anthem	Gençlik Marşı (Youth Anthem)
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The Young Party (Turkish: Genç Parti, GP) is a populist political party in Turkey. The chairperson of GENÇPARTİ is Burçin Şahindur.^[2]

History

2002 elections

"Diesel oil will be 1 lira!" — was one of the promises of Genç Party

Cem Uzan entered politics 90 days before the 2002 elections. Young Party was not eligible to enter the elections and Yeniden Doğuş Partisi (YDP) was a small party which was eligible to enter elections. So, money was poured by Uzan to take over YDP by delegate elections.^[9] In the legislative elections on 3 November 2002, the party got 7.5% of the popular vote and no seats. It was considered as success for a political party to get 7.5% of the vote at the first election entered.^{[citation needed]}

2007 elections

After the 2002 elections, TMSF^[10] assumed ownership of Uzan's companies and later sold them. Some saw this as an attempt of the current parliament to stop Cem Uzan and his Young Party.^{[citation needed]} Young Party only won 3.3% of the vote in 2007 Turkish general election and its candidates were not elected as members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Compared with the 2002 elections, this result means a loss of 4.22% of the public vote.

Media power of the party

Cem Uzan was the owner of Star TV and Star newspaper and used his newspaper and TV station to the best of his ability to promote his party, which is why he has been labelled^{[by whom?]} a Turkish version of Silvio Berlusconi. When he was under investigation, he used advertising space between the first and second halves of Champions League football games to launch political assaults upon his opponents.^{[citation needed]} After his tough speech about current Prime Minister (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan), TMSF^[10] assumed ownership of his companies; the companies were later sold.

Some party members

Other than Cem Uzan, Turkish arabesque star İbrahim Tatlıses, parliament member Emin Şirin, former parliament member Adil Asirimand and some new politicians like Kaan Aytuğ, Cenk Aktan are some of the recognisable members of the Young Party.

Election results

General elections

General election record of Youth Party (YP)
Election	Leader	Vote	Result	Map
3 November 2002	Cem Uzan	2,284,644	%7,25
22 July 2007	Cem Uzan	1,064,871	%3,04
14 May 2023	Hakan Uzan	112,972	%0.21

See also

• List of political parties in Turkey

References

1. "Parti tüzüğü" (PDF) (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
2. "Genç Parti'de Yeni Dönem: Burçin Şahindur Genel Başkan Seçildi". gercekhaberci.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
3. "Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı". Archived from the original on 19 June 2020.
4. "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
5. "Popülizmin Türkiye Varyantı: Genç Parti". dergipark.org.tr. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022. Sayfa 224'ten alıntı: Genç Parti, siyasi duruş itibarıyla ideolojik bir parti görünümünden uzak olsa da parti programının iktisadi alanda liberal ve serbest piyasa ekonomisini savunan özellikte olduğu söylenebilir
6. "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
7. "Cem Uzan, Erdoğan'ı bir kez daha kurtarabilecek mi? - Yusuf Karadaş". Archived from the original on 4 December 2019.
8. "Türkiye'ye döneceği konuşulan Cem Uzan hedefini açıkladı: Ben Türkiye'yi Avrupa Birliği'ne…". www.odatv4.com (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
9. Parties after prominent names Rush to prevent a nightmare scenario Hijacking of a political party – Turkish Daily News 11 Aug 2002
10. SAVINGS DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND; Turkish Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

External links

Media related to Young Party at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Turkish)
• http://www.cenkuzan.tr.gg
• http://www.cenkuzan.piczo.com
• http://www.gencturkgucu.org
• http://www.gencpartiankara.com