Democratic Regions Party
Democratic Regions Party | |
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Leader |
Emine Ayna Kamûran Yûksek (co-chair) |
Founded | 11 July 2014 |
Preceded by | Peace and Democracy Party |
Headquarters | Barış Manço Cad. 32. Sk. No:37, Balgat – Ankara, Turkey |
Membership (2014) | 48,174[1] |
Ideology |
Kurdish nationalism[2] Democratic socialism Social democracy Secularism |
Political position | Centre-left to Left-wing |
National affiliation | Peoples' Democratic Congress |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (observer member) |
International affiliation | Socialist International (consultative member) |
Parliament: |
0 / 550 |
Metropolitan municipalities: |
3 / 30 |
District municipalities: |
97 / 1,351 |
Provincial councillors: |
128 / 1,251 |
Website | |
http://dbp.org.tr/en// (English) | |
The Democratic Regions Party (Turkish: Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi, Kurdish: Partiya Herêman a Demokratîk, DBP) is a social democratic Kurdish political party in the Republic of Turkey. Pro-minority rights and feminist Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) acts as the fraternal party to DBP.
Development
After the 2014 municipal elections, Peoples' Democratic Party and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) were re-organised in a joint structure. On 28 April 2014, the entire parliamentary caucus of BDP joined HDP, whereas BDP was assigned exclusively to representatives on the local administration level.[3][4]
At the 3rd Congress of BDP on 11 July 2014, the name of the party was changed to the Democratic Regions Party and a new structure restricting the activities on the local/regional government level was adopted.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.yargitaycb.gov.tr/Partiler/dbp.html
- ↑ The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) is the current incarnation of the Kurdish nationalist party in Turkey, Andrew Finkel, Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford University Press, 2012, s. 122.
- ↑ "BDP milletvekilleri HDP'ye katıldı". Al-Monitor. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ↑ BDP artık Meclis'te yok
- ↑ "BDP'nin adı Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi oldu". Evrensel. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.