Patriotic Party (Turkey)
Patriotic Party Vatan Partisi | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Vatan Partisi (official) VP (unofficial) |
| President | Doğu Perinçek |
| Secretary-General | Özgür Bursalı |
| Founded | 10 July 1992 (as Workers' Party) 15 February 2015 (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 |
| Women's wing | Vanguard Women |
| Membership (2025) | 13,323 |
| Ideology | Kemalism Ulusalcılık Eurasianism Hard Euroscepticism Turkish nationalism Populism |
| Colors | Red White |
| Grand National Assembly | 0 / 600 |
| Metropolitan municipalities | 0 / 30 |
| District municipalities | 0 / 1,351 |
| Provincial councilors | 0 / 1,251 |
| Municipal Assemblies | 0 / 20,498 |
| Website | |
| vatanpartisi.org.tr | |
The Patriotic Party (Turkish: Vatan Partisi, VP) is a political party in Turkey. The Patriotic Party describes itself as a "vanguard party" and its chairman, Doğu Perinçek, described the party in 2015 as a bringing together of socialists, revolutionaries, Turkish nationalists and Kemalists. The party is strongly pro-China and pro-Russia as well as anti-American. The party also supports President Erdoğan and what it considers to be his anti-imperialist policies.