Gezi Party

Gezi Party

Leader	Reşit Cem Köksal
Founded	October 9, 2013 (2013-10-09)
Headquarters	Ankara
Ideology	Environmentalism
Political position	Centrism^[1]
Website
gezipartisi.org.tr

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

The logo of the party is a tree with a man figure on its trunk and roots.^[5]

References

↑ Merkez Üstü
↑ "Gezi Partisi kuruldu". CNN Türk. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
↑ "Protest movement spawns new Gezi Party in Turkey". GlobalPost. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Heavy metal guitarist forms Turkish political party". Reuters. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
↑ "Inspired by summer protests, 'Gezi Party' established". Today's Zaman. Retrieved 23 October 2013.

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