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This is a list of all political parties eligible and intending to contest the [[June 2015 Turkish general election|Turkish general election of June 2015]]. Parties wishing to contest were required to send a full list of their candidates to the [[Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey]] by 17:00 [[UTC+02:00|local time]] on April 7, 2015. 20 of the 32 eligible parties submitted candidate lists. A full list of all political parties in [[Turkey]] is available [[List of political parties in Turkey|here]].

==Parties eligible==
On 1 February, the [[Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey]] announced that 32 parties fit the criteria in order to field candidates in the general election. In order to be eligible, parties need to have formed local organisations at least six months before the election and have completed their party congresses by the election. Furthermore, they need local party offices in at least half of the 81 [[Provinces of Turkey]]. The eligible parties who are intending to contest the election by fielding partisan candidates are listed as follows.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3"|Party !! Leader
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Anatolia Party}}"| || ANAPAR|| [[Anatolia Party]] || [[Emine Ülker Tarhan]]
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Centre Party (Turkey)}}"| || MEP|| [[Centre Party (Turkey)|Centre Party]] || [[Abdurrahim Karslı]]
|-
| style="background:#c00;"| || KP || [[Communist Party (Turkey, 2014)|Communist Party]] || Özlem Şen Abay
|-
| style="background:#009;"| || MYP || [[Conservative Ascension Party]] || [[Ahmet Reyiz Yılmaz]]
|-
| style="background: #B2B2B2"| || DP || [[Democrat Party (Turkey, current)|Democrat Party]] || [[Gültekin Uysal]]
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Left Party (Turkey)}}"| || DSP || [[Democratic Left Party (Turkey)|Democratic Left Party]] || [[Masum Türker]]
|-
| style="background:#f00;"| || DGP || [[Democratic Progress Party]] || [[İdris Bal]]
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Felicity Party}}"| || SP || [[Felicity Party]] || [[Mustafa Kamalak]]
|-
| style="background: {{party color|First Party}}"| || İLK || First Party || Eran Tapan
|-
| style="background:#093;"| || HÜDA-PAR || [[Free Cause Party]] || [[Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu]]
|-
| style="background: #1975FF"| || ÖDP || [[Freedom and Solidarity Party]] || Alper Taş
|-
| style="background: #CC5252"| || BBP || [[Great Union Party]] || [[Mustafa Destici]]
|-
| style="background: #005CE6"| || YURT-P || [[Homeland Party (Turkey)|Homeland Party]] || [[Sadettin Tantan]]
|-
| style="background: #FF4747"| || BTP || [[Independent Turkey Party]] || [[Haydar Baş]]
|-
| style="background: #FDC400"| || AKP || [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] || [[Ahmet Davutoğlu]]
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Turkey)}};"| || EMEP|| [[Labour Party (Turkey)|Labour Party]] || [[Selma Gürkan]]
|-
| style="background:#00f;"| ||LDP|| [[Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey)|Liberal Democrat Party]] || [[Cem Toker]]
|-
| style="background: #5C8AE6"| || MP|| [[Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)|Nation Party]] || Aykut Edibali
|-
| style="background:  {{party color|Nation and Justice Party}}"| || MİLAD || [[Nation and Justice Party]] || Mehmet Bozdemir
|-
| style="background: #870000"| || MHP || [[Nationalist Movement Party]] || [[Devlet Bahçeli]]
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Patriotic Party (Turkey)}}"| || VP || [[Patriotic Party (Turkey)|Patriotic Party]] || [[Doğu Perinçek]]
|-
| style="background:#0c6;"| || HYP || [[People's Ascent Party]] || Ragıp Önder Günay
|-
| style="background:#d90000;"| || HTKP || [[People's Communist Party of Turkey]] || Umut Kuruç
|-
| style="background: #E68A00"| || HKP || [[People's Liberation Party (Turkey)|People's Liberation Party]] || Nurullah Ankut
|-
| style="background: #B800B8"| || HDP || [[Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)|Peoples' Democratic Party]] || [[Selahattin Demirtaş]]
|-
| style="background: #D70000"| || CHP || [[Republican People's Party]] || [[Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu]]
|-
| style="background:#000;"| || HEPAR|| [[Rights and Equality Party]] || Osman Pamukoğlu
|-
| style="background: #E6E600"| || HAK-PAR || [[Rights and Freedoms Party]] || [[Fehmi Demir]]
|-
| style="background:#963;"| || HAP || [[Rights and Justice Party]] || Yiğit Zeki Öztürk
|-
| style="background:#06c;"| || TURK-P || Social Reconciliation Reform and Development Party || Ahmet Eyüp Özgüç
|-
| style="background:#999;"| || DYP || [[True Path Party (2007)|True Path Party]] || [[Çetin Özaçıkgöz]]
|-
| style="background:#ccc;"| || GP || [[Young Party]] || [[Cem Uzan]]
|}

==Parties fielding candidates==
Parties that intended to contest the election were required to hand their candidate lists to the [[Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey]] (YSK) by 5pm local time on 7 April. 20 parties presented candidate lists before the deadline, while another, the First Party, was delayed by 22 minutes due to a traffic accident.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.herdakikahaberler.com/politika/yskdan-aciklama-ilk-parti-secime-girmeyebilir-h5391.html |title=YSK'dan açıklama: İlk Parti seçime girmeyebilir |website=www.herdakikahaberler.com |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150410205900/http://www.herdakikahaberler.com/politika/yskdan-aciklama-ilk-parti-secime-girmeyebilir-h5391.html |archive-date=10 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The parties are listed below according to their position on the ballot paper.

The number of electoral districts in which the party is fielding candidates is shown in brackets after the party's name.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ballot # !! colspan="3"|Party !! Leader !! Position !! Ideology !! Districts contested
|-
| 1 || style="background:{{party color|True Path Party (2007)}};"| || DYP || [[True Path Party (2007)|True Path Party]] || [[Çetin Özaçıkgöz]] || [[Centre right]] || [[Economic liberalism]] || 56
|-
| 2 || style="background: {{party color|Anatolia Party}}"| || ANAPAR|| [[Anatolia Party]] || [[Emine Ülker Tarhan]] || [[Centre left]] || [[Kemalism]] || 85
|-
| 3 || style="background: {{party color|Rights and Freedoms Party}}"| || HAK-PAR || [[Rights and Freedoms Party]] || Fehmi Fırat || [[Left wing]] || [[Kurdish nationalism]] || 75
|-
| 4 || style="background: {{party color|Communist Party (Turkey, 2014)}};"| || KP || [[Communist Party (Turkey, 2014)|Communist Party]] || Özlem Şen Abay || [[Far left]] || [[Communism]] || 85
|-
| 5 || style="background: {{party color|Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)}}"| || MP|| [[Nation Party (Turkey, 1992)|Nation Party]] || Aykut Edibali || [[Centre right]]  || [[Turkish nationalism]] || 85
|-
| 6 || style="background:{{party color|Rights and Justice Party}};"| || HAP || [[Rights and Justice Party]] || Yiğit Zeki Öztürk || [[Centrism|Centre]] || [[Social Justice]] || 43
|-
| 7 || style="background: {{party color|Centre Party (Turkey)}}"| || MEP|| [[Centre Party (Turkey)|Centre Party]] || [[Abdurrahim Karslı]] || [[Centrism|Centre]] || [[Centrism]] || 73
|-
| 8 || style="background: {{party color|Social Reconciliation Reform and Development Party}};"| || TURK-P || Social Reconciliation Reform and Development Party || Ahmet Eyüp Özgüç || [[Centrism|Centre]] || [[Centrism]] || 55
|-
| 9 || style="background: {{party color|People's Liberation Party (Turkey)}}"| || HKP || [[People's Liberation Party (Turkey)|People's Liberation Party]]|| Nurullah Ankut || [[Left wing]] || [[Communism]] || 85
|-
| 10 || style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey)}}"| ||LDP|| [[Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey)|Liberal Democrat Party]] || [[Cem Toker]] || [[Centre right]] || [[Liberalism]] || 58
|-
| 11 || style="background: {{party color|Nationalist Movement Party}}"| || MHP || [[Nationalist Movement Party]] || [[Devlet Bahçeli]] || [[Right wing]] || [[Turkish nationalism]] || 85
|-
| 12 || style="background: {{party color|Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)}}"| || HDP || [[Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)|Peoples' Democratic Party]] || [[Selahattin Demirtaş]] || [[Left wing]] || [[Democratic socialism]] || 85
|-
| 13 || style="background: {{party color|Felicity Party}}"| || SP || [[Felicity Party]] {{small|([[National Alliance (Turkey)|National Alliance]] with the [[Great Union Party|BBP]])}} || [[Mustafa Kamalak]] || [[Far right]] || [[Islamism]] || 85
|-
| 14 || style="background: {{party color|Republican People's Party (Turkey)}}"| || CHP || [[Republican People's Party]]|| [[Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu]] || [[Centre left]] || [[Social democracy]] || 85
|-
| 15 || style="background: {{party color|Justice and Development Party (Turkey)}}"| || AKP || [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] || [[Ahmet Davutoğlu]] || [[Right wing]] || [[Conservative democracy]] || 85
|-
| 16 || style="background: {{party color|Democratic Left Party (Turkey)}}"| || DSP || [[Democratic Left Party (Turkey)|Democratic Left Party]] || [[Masum Türker]] || [[Centre left]] || [[Social democracy]] || 85
|-
| 17 || style="background: {{party color|Homeland Party (Turkey)}}"| || YURT-P || [[Homeland Party (Turkey)|Homeland Party]] || [[Saadettin Tantan]] || [[Centre right]]  || [[Turkish nationalism]] || 56
|-
| 18 || style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (Turkey, current)}}"| || DP || [[Democrat Party (Turkey, current)|Democrat Party]] || [[Gültekin Uysal]] || [[Centre right]]  || [[Economic liberalism]] ||85
|-
| 19 || style="background: {{party color|Patriotic Party (Turkey)}}"| || VP || [[Patriotic Party (Turkey)|Patriotic Party]] || [[Doğu Perinçek]] || [[Left wing]] || [[Left-wing nationalism]] || 85
|-
| 20 || style="background: {{party color|Independent Turkey Party}}"| || BTP || [[Independent Turkey Party]] || [[Haydar Baş]] || [[Centrism|Centre]]  || [[Kemalism]] || 85
|}
<gallery>
File:Emine Ülker Tarhan, Anatolia Party - Kocaeli (16) (cropped).JPG|'''[[Emine Ülker Tarhan]]''', leader of the [[Anatolia Party]] (ANAPAR)
File:Aeyupozguc.jpg|'''Ahmet Eyüp Özgüç''', leader of the Social Reconciliation Reform and Development Party (TURK-P)
File:Cem Toker1.jpg|'''[[Cem Toker]]''', leader of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey)|Liberal Democrat Party]] (LDP)
File:Devlet Bahçeli VOA 2015 (cropped).jpg|'''[[Devlet Bahçeli]]''', leader of the [[Nationalist Movement Party]] (MHP)
File:Kemal Kilicdaroglu cropped.png|'''[[Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu]]''', leader of the [[Republican People's Party]] (CHP)
File:Secretary Kerry Meets With Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu (2) (cropped).jpg|'''[[Ahmet Davutoğlu]]''', leader of the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] (AKP)
File:Masum Turker (cropped).jpg|'''[[Masum Türker]]''', leader of the [[Democratic Left Party (Turkey)|Democratic Left Party]] (DSP)
File:Doğu Perinçek 2018 elections (cropped).jpg|'''[[Doğu Perinçek]]''', leader of the [[Patriotic Party (Turkey)|Patriotic Party]] (VP)
</gallery>

==Parties contesting as independents==
Since the parliamentary threshold of 10% does not apply to independent candidates, parties who poll significantly below the threshold may contest the election by fielding their candidates as independents in order to increase their chances of getting elected. This was a tactic employed by Kurdish nationalist parties during the [[2007 Turkish general election|2007]] and [[2011 Turkish general election|2011 election]]. In the latter, the [[Peace and Democracy Party]] candidates won 5.67% of the vote and 35 were elected since they contested the election as independents and rejoined the BDP shortly after taking their seats.

The following parties have expressed intention of fielding independent candidates for the election.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3"|Party !! Leader
|-
| style="background:#000;"| || HEPAR|| [[Rights and Equality Party]] || Osman Pamukoğlu
|-
| style="background:#093;"| || HÜDA-PAR || [[Free Cause Party]] || [[Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu]]
|}

==Electoral alliances==
The following electoral alliances were made between parties in the run-up to the election.
*The [[Labour Party (Turkey)|Labour Party]] (EMEP) announced support for the [[Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)|Peoples' Democratic Party]] (HDP) and did not contest the election.
*The [[Great Union Party]] (BBP) and the [[Felicity Party]] (SP) announced that they would contest the election as a joint alliance under the name National Alliance ''(Millî İttifak)''. The [[Nation and Justice Party]] (MİLAD) planned to join the SP and BBP,<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/siyaset/251355/idris_Naim_Sahin_ile_Ahmet_Ozal_ittifak_adayi.html |title=Cumhuriyet Gazetesi - İdris Naim Şahin ile Ahmet Özal ittifak adayı |publisher=Cumhuriyet.com.tr |date= |accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref> but it did not actualise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/politika/sag_ittifak_listeyi_tamamladi-1333920 |title=Sağ ittifak listeyi tamamladı, işte il il adaylar - Politika Haberleri |publisher=Radikal |date= |accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref> The candidate lists were drawn up such that BBP candidates were placed top in electoral districts in which they won more votes than the SP in 2011, while SP candidates were placed top in provinces in which the SP had beaten the BBP in 2011. This meant that an SP candidate was placed first in 55 provinces, while a BBP candidate was placed first in 30. The remaining positions subsequently alternated between SP and BBP candidates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zaman.com.tr/politika_sp-bbp-isbirliginin-ismi-belli-oldu-milli-ittifak_2287902.html |title=SP-BBP işbirliğinin ismi belli oldu: Millî İttifak-İzmir Haberleri |publisher=Zaman.com.tr |date=2015-05-13 |accessdate=2015-05-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412162317/http://www.zaman.com.tr/politika_sp-bbp-isbirliginin-ismi-belli-oldu-milli-ittifak_2287902.html |archivedate=2015-04-12 }}</ref>
*Two minor parties, namely the [[Revolutionary People's Party (Turkey, illegal)|Revolutionary People's Party]] (DHP) and [[Socialist Workers' Party of Turkey]] (TSİP) backed the [[Republican People's Party]] (CHP).{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
*The [[Conservative Ascension Party]] (MYP) announced support for the [[Nationalist Movement Party]] (MHP).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mynet.com/haber/politika/myp-genel-baskani-oylarimiz-mhpye-1866103-1|title = MYP Genel Başkanı: Oylarımız MHP'ye}}</ref>

The [[True Path Party (2007)|True Path Party]] (DYP) expressed its intention to form an alliance with six other parties in order to overcome the 10% election threshold.<ref name="dyp.com.tr">{{cite web|url=http://www.dyp.com.tr |title=Doğru Yol Partisi |publisher=DYP |date= |accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref> The party's leader Çetin Özaçıkgöz met with the leaders of the [[Centre Party (Turkey)|Centre Party]], [[Rights and Equality Party]] (HEPAR) and the [[Great Union Party]] (BBP).<ref name="dyp.com.tr"/> In the end, no alliance was formed.

==References==
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