Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo

Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo
Kosova Demokratik Türk Partisi
Partia Demokratike Turke e Kosovës
ChairmanFikrim Damka
Leader of the Parliamentary GroupEnis Kervan
Founded19 July 1990 (as the Turkish Democratic Union)
HeadquartersLig Meydanı, 47
Prizren, Kosovo
IdeologyTurkish nationalism
Turkish minority interests
ColoursRed, white
Assembly
2 / 120
Website
www.kdtp.org

The Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (Turkish: Kosova Demokratik Türk Partisi, Albanian: Partia Demokratike Turke e Kosovës) is a political party in Kosovo that represents the Turkish minority. It is led by Mahir Yağcılar, the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning in the Thaçi-led government.

It was founded as Turkish Democratic Union (Türk Demokratik Birliği) on 19 July 1990 in Prizren and changed its name to the Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo on 20 June 2001 under UNMIK. The party's seat is in Prizren and has Mamuša as a stronghold.

At the 2004 legislative elections, the Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo won 1.2% of the popular vote and 3 out of 120 seats. At the 2007 elections, the party kept its 3 seats in the Assembly of Kosovo, one being from the main list of candidates (Mahir Yağcılar) and two being seats reserved for the Turkish minority (Enis Kervan, Müfera Şinik).

Electoral performance

Assembly of Kosovo
Year Popular vote % of vote Overall seats won Turkish seats Seat change
2001 7,879 1.00
3 / 120
3 / 3
Steady
2004 8,353 1.21
3 / 120
3 / 3
Steady
2007 4,999 0.87
3 / 120
3 / 3
Steady
2010 8,548 1.22
3 / 120
3 / 3
Steady
2014 7,424 1.02
2 / 120
2 / 2
Decrease 1
2017 7,852 1.08
2 / 120
2 / 2
Steady
2019 6,788 0.81
2 / 120
2 / 2
Steady
2021 6,496 0.75
2 / 120
2 / 2
Steady

Notes

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