Peace and Democracy Party Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi Partiya Aştî û Demokrasiyê | |
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Leader | Selahattin Demirtaş Gültan Kışanak |
Founded | 3 May 2008 |
Dissolved | 11 July 2014 |
Preceded by | Democratic Society Party |
Succeeded by | Peoples' Democratic Party Democratic Regions Party |
Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
Ideology | Kurdish minority rights[1] Emancipation of women[1] Kurdish nationalism[2] |
Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
National affiliation | Labour, Democracy and Freedom Bloc |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (observer) |
International affiliation | Socialist International (consultative) |
The Peace and Democracy Party (Turkish: Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi, Kurdish: Partiya Aştî û Demokrasiyê, BDP) was a Kurdish political party in Turkey existing from 2008 to 2014.[3]