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Nation Alliance Millet İttifakı | |
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| Leader | Collective leadership (Table of Six) |
| Presidential candidate | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
| Founded | 5 May 2018 |
| Dissolved | 28 May 2023 |
| Ideology | Strengthened parliamentary system (ideologies vary by party) |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Members | CHP İYİ DEVA GP SAADET DP |
| Slogan | Birleşe birleşe kazanacağız! ('United we will win!') |
| Grand National Assembly | 212 / 600 |
| Metropolitan municipalities | 11 / 30 |
| District municipalities | 277 / 1,351 |
| Provincial councillors | 209 / 1,251 |
| Municipal Assemblies | 6,206 / 20,498 |
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The Nation Alliance (Turkish: Millet İttifakı), abbreviated as NATION (Turkish: MİLLET), was an electoral and political alliance in Turkey, made up of six opposition parties to contest the 2023 Turkish general election against its main rival, the People's Alliance.[1][2] Originally established prior to the country's 2018 general election,[3] the alliance had consisted of four opposition parties across the political spectrum, which had found common ground on withstanding Turkey's newly established presidential system.[4] The alliance dissolved in 1 June 2023 following its narrow defeat in the 2023 elections, after the Good Party's announcement that they were no longer a part of it.
Although Nation had become inactive as a bloc following their defeat in 2018; the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Good Party (İYİ) restored the alliance for the 2019 local elections, which delivered the opposition their first major electoral successes in years.[5] The alliance enlarged, welcoming two breakaway parties from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP); namely the Future Party (GP) and Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA).[6] Shortly after the enlargement, Nation Alliance announced its prospective government platform, becoming the first political entity in Turkey to do so prior to an election.[7]
Generally, the platform puts a particular emphasis on establishing a strengthened parliamentary system; reversing the current trend of democratic backsliding, reinstating rule of law and separation of powers, as well as improving Turkey's human rights record.[8][9]
The Nation Alliance of 2018, nominated their individual candidates for the presidency, and the alliance had more of an electoral focus than a political one, interconnecting parties with vaguely defined precepts.[4] The alliance of 2023 strived to act with consensus; laying the groundwork of a potential democratic transition in post-Erdoğan Turkey.[10][11]
- ^ "Turkish Opposition to Run Joint Candidate Against President Erdogan (2023)". Balkan Insight. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Opposition parties agree to unite against People's Alliance in upcoming Turkish elections". Daily Sabah. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ Jean Yackley, Ayla (2 May 2018). "Turkish opposition joins forces for parliament vote — AlMonitor". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Seçim 2018: Millet İttifakı nasıl işleyecek?". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "İttifak bu kez AKP'ye kaybettirdi, CHP'ye kazandırdı: Ankara 25 yıl sonra el değiştirdi". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ Büro, Ankara (21 December 2022). "2022'de Altılı Masa: Cumhurbaşkanı adayı 2023'e kaldı". Medyascope (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ Özgenç, Cansu Timur & Özgecan (31 January 2023). "Millet İttifakı, hükümet programını açıkladı: Sığınmacılara Türkçe öğretilecek". Medyascope (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "Millet İttifakı'nın hükümet programında neler var? – DW – 30.01.2023". dw.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "Opposition Alliance in Turkey: Can it Restore Democracy?". IACL-IADC Blog. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ Esen, Berk (9 January 2022). "The Opposition Alliance in Turkey: A Viable Alternative to Erdoğan?". Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP). Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "Post-2023 Election Scenarios in Turkey". Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.