Republican People's Party
Republican People's Party or Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi in Turkish is the party of Turkey's founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and has dominated the country's politics since 1922.
Factions
Orthodox
The Orthodox faction of the CHP believe that Ataturk's vision of the party is already being upheld and the country should stick with the previously established one-party rule.
Reformist
Lead by Minister of State Turhan Feyzioglu , the Reformist believes that the CHP should roll back its authoritarianism of the last couple of decades. They believe the CHP should the primary centre-right party of Turkey balancing Nationalism with a rule of law based of Kemalist principles.
Left
Lead by Minister of Labor Bülent Ecevit, The Left faction of CHP believes that in face of multi-party election the CHP needs to evolve. In this faction view the party needs to deal directly with the issue of Farmers and Workers rights to carve out the CHP as the primary Centre-Left party in Turkey.