Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party
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The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (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.
Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi | |
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Abbreviation | DEM Party (official in English)[1] |
Co-Leaders | Tulay Hatımoğulları Oruç Tuncer Bakırhan |
Founded | 2023[lower-alpha 1] |
Merger of | Green Left Party Peoples' Democratic Party |
Headquarters | Atatürk Bulvarı No:88 Daire: 16 Çankaya – Ankara |
Membership (2024) | 10,353[2] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
National affiliation | Peoples' Democratic Congress Labour and Freedom Alliance Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance[5] |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (associate member)[6] |
Colours | Purple, Green, Yellow |
Grand National Assembly | 57 / 600 |
Metropolitan municipalities | 3 / 30 |
Provinces | 7 / 51 |
District municipalities | 65 / 973 |
Belde Municipalities | 10 / 390 |
Website | |
demparti.org.tr | |
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]