Rights and Freedoms Party

This article is about the political party in Turkey. For the Italian former political party, see Rights and Freedom. For the political party in Bulgaria, see Movement for Rights and Freedoms.
Rights and Freedoms Party
Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi
Partiya Maf û Azadiyan
AbbreviationHAK-PAR
LeaderDüzgün Kaplan
FounderAbdülmelik Fırat
Founded2002 (2002)
HeadquartersDiyarbakır
Membership (2024)Decrease 1,604[1]
IdeologyFederalism
Kurdish nationalism
Colours   
Red, yellow & black
Website
www.hakpar.org.tr

The Rights and Freedoms Party (Kurdish: Partiya Maf û Azadiyan, Turkish: Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi, abbreviated HAK-PAR) is a Kurdish nationalist[2] political party in Turkey.

Advocating federalism as a means of increasing Kurdish autonomy in the south-east of the country, the party split from the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) in 2002. The party's head office is in Diyarbakır. Until his death in October 2015, the party was headed by Fehmi Demir.[3]

In the local elections of 2014, the party won the municipal mayoralty in Konukbekler, Muş, attaining 43,846 votes.[4] In the June 2015 general election, HAK-PAR participated for the first time in a general election, winning 58,698 votes.

  1. ^ "Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "HAK-PAR leader's funeral brings Kurdish leaders together". Rudaw. Retrieved 2 November 2015. ...the chairman of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Rights and Freedoms Party (HAK-PAR)...
  3. ^ "Hak-Par leader Fehmi Demir dies in traffic accident". Today's Zaman. 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Konukbekler Belediye Başkanlığını HAK-PAR Kazandı - Haber Diyarbakır". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.