Independent Republican Party Bağımsız Cumhuriyet Partisi | |
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Abbreviation | BCP [1] |
President | Hakkı Karğın [2] |
Secretary-General | Ateş Çehreli |
Founder | Mümtaz Soysal |
Founded | 24 July 2002[3] |
Headquarters | Bayındır 1. Sokak 15/13 06450 Kızılay, Çankaya, Ankara |
Newspaper | Pusula |
Membership (2024) | 11 [4] |
Ideology |
Kemalism Republicanism Full independence |
Slogan | for managing Turkey from Turkey |
Website | |
https://bcp.org.tr/ | |
The Independent Republican Party ( Turkish: Bağımsız Cumhuriyet Partisi, BCP) is a Kemalist political party defends republicanism and full independence in Turkey. It was founded by constitutional law professor Mümtaz Soysal and many academics on 24 July 2002. [5]
Party joined the Turkey Alliance in 2023 and supports Ahmet Özal in the 2023 Turkish presidential election. [6]