Democratic Regions Party

Democratic Regions Party
Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi
Partiya Herêman a Demokratîk
AbbreviationDBP
LeaderÇiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar
Keskin Bayındır [tr] (co-chair)
Founded2 May 2008 (as Peace and Democracy Party)
11 July 2014 (rebranding)
Preceded byPeace and Democracy Party
HeadquartersBarış Manço Cad. 32. Sk. No:37, Balgat – Ankara, Turkey
Membership (2024)Increase 7,002[1]
IdeologyKurdish nationalism[2]
Secularism
Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Regionalism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationPeoples' Democratic Congress
Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance
Grand
National Assembly
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The Democratic Regions Party (Turkish: Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi, DBP, Kurdish: Partiya Herêman a Demokratîk, PHD) is a Kurdish political party in the Republic of Turkey. The pro-minority rights Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) acts as the fraternal party to DBP.

  1. ^ "Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  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.