Patriotic Party (Turkey)

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Patriotic Party
Vatan Partisi
Abbreviation Vatan Partisi
President Doğu Perinçek
Secretary-General Serhan Bolluk
Founded July 10, 1992 (1992-07-10) (as Workers' Party)
February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15) (rebranding)
Preceded by Workers' Party
Headquarters Toros Sokak 9, 06430
Sıhhiye, Çankaya, Ankara
Newspaper Aydınlık
Think tank National Strategy Center (USMER)
Youth wing Vanguard Youth
Laborer Youth
Women's wing Vanguard Women
Membership  (2015) 22647[1]
Ideology Scientific socialism
Kemalism
Left-wing nationalism
Left-wing populism
Anti-imperialism
Vanguardism
Political position Left-wing
Colors      Red
     white[2]
Anthem Workers', Peasant's and People's Party
Website
www.vatanpartisi.org.tr

The Patriotic Party (Turkish: Vatan Partisi, Vatan Partisi) is a left-wing political party in Turkey.

The Patriotic Party describes itself as "vanguard party"[3] and aims that bring together socialists, revolutionaries, Turkish nationalists and Kemalists.[4]

The party was originally founded in 1992 as Workers' Party. In 2015, after a long-time political repositioning period, the Workers' Party changed its name to "Patriotic Party" during the extraordinary congress.[5] Like the Workers' Party, the Patriotic Party is led by Doğu Perinçek. The party's founding members include former army generals who had been incriminated during the Ergenekon trials and the Sledgehammer case.[6]

Etymology

The party's Turkish name Vatan directly translates to Motherland or Homeland, however the party has adopted the English name Patriotic Party. This is most likely in order not to clash with parties that have a similar name when translated to English, such as the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi) or the Homeland Party (Yurt Partisi). Patriotic in Turkish translates to Vatansever or Yurtsever.

The party's official short name (abbreviation) is Vatan Partisi, i.e. the same as the name of the party itself.[3][1] Colloquially the acronym VP is used.[citation needed]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2015 GENEL SEÇİM KURUMSAL KİMLİK KILAVUZU, 2015.
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  4. ↑ Turkey: Workers' Party changes name to Patriotic Party. turkishweekly.net. 16 February 2015
  5. ↑ "Artık ‘İşçi’ değil ‘Vatan’ Partisi". milliyet.com.tr. 16 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Vatan Partisi MYK üyeleri belli oldu, işte o isimler!". Çağdaş Ses.
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