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Democratic Regions Party Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi Partiya Herêman a Demokratîk | |
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| Abbreviation | DBP |
| Leader | Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar Keskin Bayındır (co-chair) |
| Founded | 2 May 2008 (as Peace and Democracy Party) 11 July 2014 (rebranding) |
| Preceded by | Peace and Democracy Party |
| Headquarters | Barış Manço Cad. 32. Sk. No:37, Balgat – Ankara, Turkey |
| Membership (2024) |  7,002[1] |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism[2] Secularism Social democracy Democratic socialism Regionalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Peoples' Democratic Congress Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance |
| Grand National Assembly | 2 / 600
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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.
- ^ "Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ 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.