Freedom and Solidarity Party (Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi): on the verge of new politics (?)

Abstract

This study examines the political orientations of Freedom and Solidarity Party (Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi) in terms of its organizational and political aspects. The main question it addresses is the extent to which the party represents the new approach to politics in Turkey. To explain the conception of the ‘new’, it analyzes the transformation of the left both in Europe and Turkey since the 1960s.