Democratic Left Party (Turkey)

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Democratic Left Party Demokratik Sol Parti
Leader	Önder Aksakal [tr]
Founders	Rahşan Ecevit
Founded	14 November 1985
Split from	Republican People's Party
Headquarters	Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak Cad.17, Beşevler - Ankara, Turkey
Membership (2024)	25,570[1]
Ideology	Ecevitism Kemalism[2] Social democracy[2] Turkish nationalism[3] Left-wing nationalism[4]
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	People's Alliance
Colours	White and light blue
Grand National Assembly	1 / 600
District municipalities	1 / 922
Belde Municipalities	1 / 388
Municipal Assemblies	28 / 20,952
Website
https://www.dsp.org.tr/
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The Democratic Left Party (Turkish: Demokratik Sol Parti, abbreviated DSP) is a Turkish political party, founded on 14 November 1985 by Rahşan Ecevit.