Republican People's Party

Republican People's Party Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
Leader	Hüsamettin Mübarek
Founded	3 November 4157
Headquarters	Dokuz
Ideology	Nationalism, Left-wing populism Secularism
Political position	Center-left
Colour	Red
Senate	88 / 235
Grand National Assembly	169 / 535
Local councillors	320 / 763
Politics of Jakania Political parties in Jakania Elections in Jakania

The Republican People's Party (CHP) is a center-left political party in Jakania. The party was founded in November 4157 by members of the then-ruling secularist military junta, who selected General Mehmet Ali Hoca to be its first chairman.

While the party describes itself as a "modern, social-democratic and progressive movement," it has been accused by its opponents of authoritarianism and ultranationalism. While nominally a secular party, it holds a leading role in the Organisation of Ahmadi Cooperation (OAC), and retains close ties to Tukaric nationalists in other nations.

Despite its authoritarian origins, the CHP established itself as a mainstream political party throughout the 4160s, and it has led the national government on several occasions, including under Hoca in the periods 4161–65 and 4166–74. The party later merged with minor parties in 4189, to form the National Democratic Union (UDB), thus for a time ending the CHP's independent activities.

In 4219, CHP hardliners abandoned the UDB, and relaunched the Republican People's Party. Ökkeş Deniz was chosen as its leader.

History

4150s

Mehmet Ali Hoca shortly after the 4157 coup.

The Republican People's Party was set up by leading members of the so-called October Regime, the military junta that governed Jakania from October through December 4157 after staging a bloody coup d'état on 13 October. The junta went on to ratify a secretly pre-drafted constitutional document, replacing the old constitution, before scheduling elections for December. The regime nominated its leader Mehmet Ali Hoca for the position of President of Jakania, who subsequently established the CHP to help his campaign. The party scored 59 out of 120 seats in the legislature, becoming the main opposition, while Hoca narrowly lost the presidency. The party participated in drafting of a new, democratic constitution, which entered into force on 1 January 4159. With the constitution complete, the legislature was dissolved by the president, and Hoca went on to lead the party into the early elections scheduled for later that month.

4160s

Following the 4159 snap elections, CHP leader Mehmet Ali Hoca was appointed foreign minister in the grand coalition. His appointment only strengthened tensions between the two ruling parties, however. In 4160 he claimed to be the rightful prime minister, which triggered his expulsion from the cabinet, and which in turn led his CHP to withdraw from the coalition altogether. President Ahmet Erdoğan subsequently issued a writ for snap elections to be held in January 4161, the third general election in four years. The CHP emerged victorious, dropping to 36% of the vote and 180 of 500 seats, but becoming the largest party. Hoca was later sworn in as Prime Minister of Jakania. After four years in power, the party dropped from 180 to 175 seats in the January 4165 elections, and entered the opposition as a center-right coalition government was formed. However, the new government proved unstable, with snap elections being held in November 4165 after its failure to pass a budget. The CHP surged, taking 47% of the vote, and picking up 61 new seats, for a total of 236 of 500. Its leader Hoca subsequently formed a four-party coalition government, becoming prime minister for the second time.

4170s

Party leader Alparslan Sezer, frequently referred to as Başbuğ by his supporters.

Hoca remained the undisputed head of the CHP until its 4172 congress, when he announced he would not seek re-election as party leader. The congress elected CHP deputy leader Alparslan Sezer as his successor, while Hoca remained in office as prime minister until 4174, when Sezer took over that position as well. After the 4176 elections, Sezer left the prime minister's office to the New Order Party (YDP), and the CHP took a back-seat position in a coalition government with the YDP until 4178, when the coalition collapsed.

The fall of the government triggered snap elections, which saw CHP skyrocket to 54% of the vote, and taking a parliamentary majority for the first time. Party leader Alparslan Sezer became President of Jakania, while his predecessor Mehmet Ali Hoca returned to serve as prime minister for the third time. Sezer's success as party leader led some of its members and supporters to start referring to him as Başbuğ, meaning "chief", from the mid-4170s, as part of the gradual formation of a cult of personality around him. This idealization of Sezer by segments of the party membership heightened the personal and political tension between him and his pre-decessor Hoca, which ended with the latter's dismissal from the premiership by President Sezer in early 4181.

4180s

After his dismissal of Hoca, President Sezer appointed high-ranking CHP member Meryem Yılmaz as prime minister; she became the first female head of government from the party, and went on to serve until 4187. In elections that year, the party scored a landslide win, taking an absolute majority in the Grand National Assembly. Yılmaz had opted to not be re-nominated as the CHP candidate for premier, and she was thus replaced by Ahmet Öz, who served from 4187 to 4190. In 4189, the Republican People's Party voted to merge with a number of minor political groups, to form the nationalist-oriented National Democratic Union (UDB). This electoral alliance continued to operate until the late 4210s, with the CHP thus not operating as an independent political party between 4189 and 4219.

4210s and 4220s

In mid-4219, a group of left-leaning CHP nostalgists within the UDB split from the latter, and re-established the Republican People's Party as an independent political force. A major reason for the split was the UDB's increasing acceptance of the monarchy – which had been reinstated in 4197 – to which the hardline republican CHP had been vehemently opposed. The splinter group elected Ökkeş Deniz, who had served as a cabinet minister in the 4181—87 CHP government of Meryem Yılmaz, as their leader. Deniz led the party into the 4221 elections, where the restored party scored 25% of the vote, and took 192 of 750 seats in the Grand National Assembly. Deniz subsequently became foreign minister in a government led by the centrist republican FDP party of Nammen Ali.

In 4222, a move by the FDP-CHP coalition to restore the republic was blocked by royalist independents in the Grand National Assembly. Subsequently, Prime Minister Nammen Ali announced his intention to hold early elections in March 4222, in hopes of obtaining the two-thirds supermajority required to abolish the monarchy. The combined vote share of FDP and CHP rose to 73%, allowing them to re-establish the republic in 4223. Elections under the new constitution were then held in June 4223; Esin Mataracı was nominated by the CHP for the Presidency of the Republic, but narrowly lost to Nammen Ali in the second round. Despite the presidential election loss, CHP leader Ökkeş Deniz became Prime Minister of Jakania in a CHP-FDP coalition. The Deniz cabinet was expanded in 4224 to include the far-left SÖB party.

The general election of 4227 saw the CHP secure a landslide victory, surging to 42% of the vote and becoming the largest party in the country for the first time in four decades. CHP leader Deniz formed a two-party coalition with the communists of the SÖB party, continuing as prime minister for another term. Further, the party won its first 100 seats in the newly established Senate of Jakania.

Ökkeş Deniz, who at the time had led CHP for a decade, was found dead in his home on 5 November 4229. Medical examiners announced that he died of natural causes; he was 83 years old at the time of his death. Deniz was quickly replaced as Prime Minister of Jakania by caretaker Hüsamettin Mübarek, who had served as foreign minister under Deniz in the periods 4223–4224 and 4227–4229. Mübarek was later elected as CHP leader, before calling early elections in 4230 to seek his own mandate as premier. In the elections, CHP fell to below 32% of the vote, losing 57 seats in the Assembly and 12 in the Senate. However, its presidential candidate Mataracı was elected with 54% of the vote, while Mübarek secured a new majority for his coalition.

Election results

Presidential elections

President of Jakania

Election	Candidate	Round 1	Round 2	Win
		%	%
4157	Mehmet Ali Hoca	47.5
4159	Mehmet Ali Hoca	49.1
4165	Mehmet Ali Hoca	34.2	47.7
4169	Ahmet Erdoğan (YDP)	68.1
4173	Ahmet Erdoğan (YDP)	62.5
4176	Mustafa Sarıtaş	21.8
4178	Alparslan Sezer	53.9
4182	Alparslan Sezer	43.9
4186	Alparslan Sezer	46.4
4187	Alparslan Sezer	55.3
Kingdom of Jakania 4197–4223
4223	Esin Mataracı	30.0	48.6
4227	Denk Özer (SÖB)	31.9
4230	Esin Mataracı	31.3	53.6

Lower house elections

Grand National Assembly

Election	Votes		Seats		Role
	%	Rank	#	±
4157	48.7	2nd	59 / 120	—	in opposition
4159	50.0	2nd	243 / 500	184	in opposition
4161	36.0	1st	180 / 500	63	in coalition
Jan 4165	35.3	2nd	175 / 500	5	in opposition
Nov 4165	47.1	1st	236 / 500	61	in coalition
4169	30.8	2nd	155 / 500	81	in coalition
4173	17.7	3rd	87 / 500	68	in coalition
4176	22.0	3rd	110 / 500	23	in coalition
4178	53.9	1st	270 / 500	160	in majority
4182	44.9	2nd	135 / 300	135	in coalition
4186	47.1	2nd	142 / 300	7	in coalition
4187	55.0	1st	167 / 300	25	in majority
Part of National Democratic Union 4189–4219
4221	25.1	3rd	192 / 750	—	in coalition
4222	33.8	2nd	252 / 750	60	in coalition
4223	28.9	2nd	154 / 535	98	in coalition
4227	42.3	1st	226 / 535	72	in coalition
4230	31.8	2nd	169 / 535	57	in coalition

Upper house elections

Senate

Election	Seats
	Elected	Total	±
4227	50 (+50)	100 / 235	—
4230	37 (+1)	88 / 235	12

Local elections

Local councils and mayors

Election	Votes		Councillors		Mayors
	%	Rank	#	±	#	±
4220	7.4	3rd	29 / 742	—	0 / 20	—
4225	30.5	1st	246 / 748	217	8 / 20	8
4230	38.9	1st	320 / 763	74	11 / 20	3

Prominent members

Party leaders

Chairman of the Republican People's Party

N°	Name	Portrait	Term	Elections	Other offices
1	Mehmet Ali Hoca		4157 – 4172	4157 4159 4161 4165 (Jan) 4165 (Nov) 4169	Foreign Minister (4159–4161) Prime Minister (4161–4165) (4166–4174) (4178–4181)
2	Alparslan Sezer		4172 – 4189	4173 4176 4178 4182 4186 4187	Prime Minister (4174–4176) President (4178–4182) (4187–4191)
Part of the National Democratic Union 4189–4219
3	Ökkeş Deniz		4219 – 4229	4221 4222 4223 4227	Agriculture Minister (4181–4187) Foreign Minister (4221–4223) Prime Minister (4223–4229)
4	Hüsamettin Mübarek		4229 – present	4230	Foreign Minister (4223–4224) (4227–4229) Prime Minister (4229–present)

Prime Ministers of Jakania

• Mehmet Ali Hoca (4161 — 4165, 4166 — 4174, 4178 — 4181)
• Alparslan Sezer (4174 — 4176)
• Meryem Yılmaz (4181 — 4187)
• Ahmet Öz (4187 — 4190)
• Ökkeş Deniz (4223 — 4229)
• Hüsamettin Mübarek (4229 — present)

Presidents of Jakania

• Alparslan Sezer (4178 — 4182, 4187 — 4191)
• Esin Mataracı (4230 — present)