Nation Alliance (Turkey)

This article is about the Turkish electoral alliance. For the Egyptian electoral alliance, see Nation Alliance.

Nation Alliance Millet İttifakı
Leader	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (CHP) Meral Akşener (İYİ) Temel Karamollaoğlu (SP) Gültekin Uysal (DP)
Founded	1 May 2018
Ideology	Turkish nationalism Liberal democracy Kemalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Big tent
Member parties	Republican People's Party (CHP) Good Party (İYİ) Felicity Party (SP) Democrat Party (DP)
Grand National Assembly	174 / 600
Metropolitan municipalities	11 / 30
District municipalities	277 / 1,351
Provincial councillors	164 / 1,251
Municipal Assemblies	4,736 / 20,498
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The Nation Alliance (Turkish: Millet İttifakı), or simply Nation (Turkish: Millet), is an electoral alliance in Turkey, formed to contest the country's 2018 general election. The alliance was officially launched on 1 May 2018, and consists of four opposition parties, namely the Republican People's Party (CHP), the Good Party (İYİ), the Felicity Party (SP), and the Democratic Party (DP). The constituent parties of the Nation Alliance contested the parliamentary election under a common banner, while each individual party nominated its own candidate for the presidential election.

Formed against the backdrop of the 2017 constitutional referendum and subsequent constitutional amendments, the Nation Alliance brings together groups that campaigned for a "no" vote against the transition to a presidential system, and that are in opposition to the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. As such, the Nation Alliance is seen as rivalling the pro-government People's Alliance, which was established on 20 February 2018.

On 4 July, having won 189 seats in total, the İYİ Party General Secretary Aytun Çıray announced that the Nation Alliance had been dissolved, citing the lack of a need for a post-election alliance. In response, the CHP's spokesperson Bülent Tezcan said that the election alliance was no longer technically necessary, but the union of alliance parties under a joint set of fundamental values (such as separation of powers and the rule of law) would continue.

History

Formation

A constitutional referendum was held in April 2017 on transforming the political system of Turkey from a parliamentary to a presidential one. The referendum was sponsored by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the smaller oppositional Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The referendum ultimately passed, effectively triggering the country's systemic transition. Meanwhile, the main opposition Republican People's Party, along with MHP dissidents like Meral Akşener, voiced strong opposition to the constitutional amendments. When the AKP and MHP later legalized the formation of pre-election alliances in order to contest the 2018 general election together, speculation arose over the possibility of opposition groups also establishing an alliance. After several rounds of talks, the CHP announced on 1 May 2018 the formation of its alliance with Akşener's new Good Party, as well as with the extraparliamentary Felicity and Democratic parties.

Composition

Founding members

Party			Leader	Position	Ideology	MPs
	CHP	Republican People's Party Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu	Centre-left	Social democracy Kemalism	146 / 600
	İYİ	Good Party İYİ Parti	Meral Akşener	Centre to right-wing	Turkish nationalism Kemalism National conservatism	43 / 600
	DP	Democrat Party Demokrat Parti	Gültekin Uysal	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism Kemalism	0 / 600
	SP	Felicity Party Saadet Partisi	Temel Karamollaoğlu	Far-right	Millî Görüş	0 / 600

Supporting parties

Party			Leader	Position	Ideology	MPs
	DSP	Democratic Left Party Demokratik Sol Parti	Önder Aksakal	Centre-left	Social democracy	0 / 600
	DYP	True Path Party Doğru Yol Partisi	Çetin Özaçıkgöz	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism	0 / 600
	YP	Homeland Party Yurt Partisi	Sadettin Tantan	Right-wing	National conservatism	0 / 600
	TİYAP	Unemployed and Workers' Party of Turkey Türkiye İşsizler ve Emekçiler Partisi	Rıfat Derya Sercan	Centre-left	Social democracy	0 / 600
	KP	Women's Party Kadın Partisi	Benal Yazgan	Left-wing	Feminism	0 / 600
	EYP	Unhindered Life Party Engelsiz Yaşam Partisi	Hayri İdin		Disability rights	0 / 600
	BTP	Great Turkey Party Büyük Türkiye Partisi	Ali Çetin	Left-wing	Democratic socialism	0 / 600
	MMP	National Struggle Party Milli Mücadele Partisi	Ahmet Kaya	Right-wing	Turkish nationalism	0 / 600
	MHHP	Defense of Rights Movement Party Müdafaa-i Hukuk Hareketi Partisi	Kadir Kartal		Kemalism	0 / 600
	TBP	Unity Party of Turkey Türkiye Birlik Partisi	Hüseyin Ekici		Kemalism	0 / 600
	TBP	Turkish Union Party Türk Birliği Partisi	Hurşit Yiğit		Turkish nationalism	0 / 600
	GAP	Young Anatolia Party Genç Anadolu Partisi	Ali Alemdaroğlu	Right-wing	National conservatism	0 / 600

On 18 May, the Democratic Left Party (DSP) announced that they would support the Nation Alliance.

İnce was supported by the YP, ANAP, the TİYAP, the KP, the EYP, the BTP, the MMP, the MHHP, the Unity Party of Turkey, the United Turkey Party and the GAP and Akşener was supported by the DSP and the DYP (Muğla branch) for the presidential election.

Current members

Party			Leader	Position	Ideology	MPs
	CHP	Republican People's Party Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu	Centre-left	Social democracy, Kemalism	134 / 600
	İYİ	Good Party İYİ Parti	Meral Akşener	Centre to centre-right	Turkish nationalism, Kemalism	37 / 600
	DP	Democrat Party Demokrat Parti	Gültekin Uysal	Centre-right	Liberal conservatism, Kemalism	2 / 600
	SP	Felicity Party Saadet Partisi	Temel Karamollaoğlu	Far-right	Millî Görüş (Islamism)	1 / 600

Election results

General elections

Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Election	Leaders	Votes			Seats		Government
		#	%	Rank	#	±
2018	Meral Akşener Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Temel Karamollaoğlu Gültekin Uysal	16,347,669	33,95	2nd	189 / 600	47	AKP

Local elections

Election date	Party leaders	Mayoral election votes	Percentage of votes	Number of municipalities	Number of councillors
2019	Meral Akşener Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu	17,443,229	37,57%	265	5,705 (27,50%)