The New Dawn Party (, YDP; also translated "New Birth Party" or "Rebirth Party") was a political party in Northern Cyprus. It represented the interest of Turkish settlers, and published the Yeni Doğuş newspaper.
History The YDP was established prior to the 1985 elections, absorbing the Turkish Union Party.Mete Hatay (2005) Beyond Numbers: An Inquiry into the Political Integration of the Turkish ‘Settlers’ in Northern Cyprus PRIO Report It received 8.8% of the vote, winning four seats in the elections. Amongst the Turkish settler community it received 47% of the vote.
In the 1990 elections it ran as part of the Party of Democratic Struggle, an alliance with the Republican Turkish Party (CTP) and Communal Liberation Party (TKP), which was formed to oppose the ruling National Unity Party.Nicos Trimikliniotis, Umut Bozkurt (2012) Beyond a Divided Cyprus: A State and Society in Transformation, Palgrave Macmillan, p177 The alliance lost the elections, and the CTP and TKP MPs subsequently boycotted the Assembly of the Republic, leaving just the four members of the YDP as the opposition in the Assembly.
Prior to the 1993 elections the YDP merged into the Democratic Party.
Ideology The YDP was an umbrella party for Turkish settlers, and its members held a wide range of political beliefs, including socialism, nationalism, liberalism and Islamism.
See also Rebirth Party (Northern Cyprus)
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