Democratic Party of Turks of Macedonia

The Democratic Party of Turks of Macedonia (Macedonian: Демократска партија на Турците на Македонија, Demokratska partija na Turcite na Makedonija; Turkish: Makedonya Türk Demokratik Partisi) is a political party of the Turkish minority in North Macedonia. In the 2002 parliamentary elections, the party joined the SDSM-led coalition and won 2 seats. In the 2006 parliamentary elections, it joined the SDSM-led coalition and won 2 parliamentary seats. The Party was a part of the VMRO-DPMNE coalition for 8 years from 2008 to 2016. The Party has one member, Yusuf Hasani, in the Macedonian parliament.^[1] The party did participate in a coalition with SDSM-Besa in the 2020 parliamentary elections. The party did participate in a coalition with European Front-Democratic Union for Integration in the 2024 parliamentary elections.

Democratic Party of Turks of Macedonia Makedonya Türk Demokratik Partisi Демократска партија на Турците на Македонија
Leader	Beycan İlyas
Founded	1 July 1990 (as political organisation) 27 June 1992 (as political party)
Headquarters	Skopje
Youth wing	Sait Aleivi
Ideology	Turkish minority interests Turkish nationalism
Political position	Centre
National affiliation	European Front
Colours	Red, White
Parliament	1 / 123
Mayors	1 / 81
Party flag
Website
http://www.tdp.org.mk/
Politics of North Macedonia Political parties Elections

See also

• Turks of North Macedonia
• North Macedonia–Turkey relations