Democracy Party (Turkey)

Democracy Party
Kurdish: *Partiya Demokrasiyê*
Turkish: *Demokrasi Partisi, DEP*
Democracy Party; Kurdish: Partiya Demokrasiyê ; Turkish: Demokrasi Partisi, DEP
Leader	Leyla Zana
President	Yaşar Kaya June 1993–December 1993; Hatip Dicle December 1993-June 1994
Founded	May 7, 1993
Banned	June 16, 1994
Preceded by	Freedom and Democracy Party
Succeeded by	People's Democracy Party
Ideology	Social democracy; Kurdish rights
Political position	Centre-left
	Politics of Turkey; Political parties; Elections;

The Democracy Party (Turkish: Demokrasi Partisi, DEP, Kurmanji: Partiya Demokrasiyê) was a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey founded on the 7 May 1993.^[1]

^ Cigerli, Sabri; Saout, Didier Le (2005). Ocalan et le PKK: Les mutations de la question kurde en Turquie et au moyen-orient (in French). Maisonneuve et Larose. p. 189. ISBN 978-2-7068-1885-1.

[:2-1] Cigerli, Sabri; Saout, Didier Le (2005). Ocalan et le PKK: Les mutations de la question kurde en Turquie et au moyen-orient (in French). Maisonneuve et Larose. p. 189. ISBN 978-2-7068-1885-1.

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