Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party

Not to be confused with Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey).
Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party
Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi
AbbreviationDEM Party (official in English)[1]
Co-LeadersTülay Hatimoğulları
Tuncer Bakırhan
Founded2023[a]
Merger ofGreen Left Party
Peoples' Democratic Party
HeadquartersAtatürk Bulvarı No:88 Daire: 16 Çankaya – Ankara
Membership (2024)Increase 10,353[2]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
National affiliationPeoples' Democratic Congress
Labour and Freedom Alliance
Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance[5]
European affiliationParty of European Socialists (associate member)[6]
Colours      Purple, Green, Yellow
Grand National Assembly
57 / 600
Metropolitan municipalities
2 / 30
Provinces
5 / 51
District municipalities
55 / 922
Belde Municipalities
9 / 388
Website
demparti.org.tr
  1. ^ HDP ran on the YSP list in May 2023, the official rebrand happened on 15 October 2023.

The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (Kurmanji Kurdish: Partiya Wekhevî û Demokrasiya Gelan; Turkish: Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi, abbreviated as DEM Party)[7] is a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey. It is the legal successor of the Green Left Party[8] and with the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) handing over its work to this party in 2023, it became the latest iteration of the Kurdish minority interests party in Turkey.[clarification needed]

Similarly to its predecessors, its adversaries accuse the party of being the political branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey.[9]

  1. ^ "Our Party".
  2. ^ "Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "Diyarbakır'da Kürt partilerle ittifak: 'Kürtlerin birliği, Kürtlerin özgürlüğüdür'". Rûdaw. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  4. ^ "Kürt Özgürlük ve Demokrasi İttifakı'nın tutum deklarasyonu açıklandı". Gazete Duvar. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  5. ^ "Diyarbakır'da Kürt partilerle ittifak: 'Kürtlerin birliği, Kürtlerin özgürlüğüdür'". Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  6. ^ "Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi" [Peoples' Equality and Democratic Party]. Party of European Socialists. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Robbed of their elected mayors, Kurds hope March 31 will be a day of reparation". 15 March 2024.
  8. ^ Sayın, Ayşe (15 October 2023). "HEDEP: Yeşil Sol Parti adını değiştirdi, partinin eş başkanları Tülay Hatimoğulları Oruç ve Tuncer Bakırhan". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  9. ^ A.Ş, Piri Medya, DEM'li Bakırhan teröristlerin sesi olmaya devam edeceklerini açıkça ilan etti | Politika Haberleri (in Turkish), Yeni Şafak, retrieved 2023-12-24