Peace and Democracy Party

Peace and Democracy Party
Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi
Partiya Aştî û Demokrasiyê
LeaderSelahattin Demirtaş
Gültan Kışanak
Founded3 May 2008
Dissolved11 July 2014
Preceded byDemocratic Society Party
Succeeded byPeoples' Democratic Party
Democratic Regions Party
HeadquartersAnkara, Turkey
IdeologyKurdish minority rights[1]
Emancipation of women[1]
Kurdish nationalism[2]
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
National affiliationLabour, Democracy and Freedom Bloc
European affiliationParty of European Socialists (observer)
International affiliationSocialist 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]

  1. ^ a b "Our Office". Peace and Democracy Party – US Representative Office. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Peace and Democracy Party (Turkey)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2017-09-25.