Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo
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Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo Kosova Demokratik Türk Partisi Partia Demokratike Turke e Kosovës | |
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Chairman | Fikrim Damka |
Leader of the Parliamentary Group | Enis Kervan |
Founded | 19 July 1990 (as the Turkish Democratic Union) |
Headquarters | Lig Meydanı, 47 Pürzerrin, Kosovo |
Ideology | Turkish nationalism Turkish minority interests |
Colours | Red, white |
Assembly | 2 / 120
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The Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (Turkish: Kosova Demokratik Türk Partisi, Albanian: Partia Demokratike Turke e Kosovës) is a political party in Kosovo[a] 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
Year | Popular vote | % of vote | Overall seats won | Turkish seats | Seat change |
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2001 | 7,879 | 1.00 | 3 / 120
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3 / 3
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2004 | 8,353 | 1.21 | 3 / 120
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3 / 3
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2007 | 4,999 | 0.87 | 3 / 120
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3 / 3
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2010 | 8,548 | 1.22 | 3 / 120
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3 / 3
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2014 | 7,424 | 1.02 | 2 / 120
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2 / 2
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2017 | 7,852 | 1.08 | 2 / 120
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2 / 2
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2019 | 6,788 | 0.81 | 2 / 120
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2 / 2
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2021 | 6,496 | 0.75 | 2 / 120
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2 / 2
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Notes
a. | ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 100 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 93 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. |
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