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Gezi Party
LeaderReşit Cem Köksal
FoundedOctober 9, 2013 (2013-10-09)
DissolvedOctober 23, 2017 (2017-10-23)
Headquarters Ankara
Ideology Environmentalism
Political position Centrism [1]
Website
gezipartisi.org.tr

The Gezi Party ( Turkish: Gezi Partisi) was an environmentalist political party in Turkey founded on 1 October 2013 [2] and became defunct as of 23 October 2017. [3] [4] The party was named after 2013 protests in Turkey, since the protests usually named as "Gezi Protests" in Turkish media. [5] The founder Reşit Cem Köksal is an ex- heavy metal guitarist from İstanbul. [6]

The logo of the party is a tree with a man figure on its trunk and roots. [7]

References

  1. ^ Merkez Üstü
  2. ^ "Gezi Partisi kuruldu". CNN Türk. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Gezi Partisi kapandı".
  4. ^ "Bir parti daha kapandı".
  5. ^ "Protest movement spawns new Gezi Party in Turkey". GlobalPost. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Heavy metal guitarist forms Turkish political party". Reuters. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Inspired by summer protests, 'Gezi Party' established". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.