Democratic People's Party (Turkey)

Democratic People's Party
Kurdish: Partiya Gel a Demokratîk
Turkish: Demokratik Halk Partisi
ChairpersonVeysi Aydin (1998)
Mehmet Abbasoğlu (1998–2003)
Tuncer Bakırhan (2003–2005)
FoundedOctober 24, 1997 (1997-10-24)
DissolvedAugust 17, 2005 (2005-08-17)
Preceded byPeople's Democracy Party
Merged intoDemocratic Society Party
Succeeded byParticipatory Democracy Party
Rights and Freedoms Party
IdeologyKurdish nationalism
Democratic socialism
Left-wing nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing
ColorsRed, Orange or Yellow

The Democratic People's Party (Turkish: Demokratik Halk Partisi, DEHAP) was a pro-Kurdish[1] political party in Turkey.

  1. ^ Emrullah Uslu, The Transformation of Kurdish Political Identity in Turkey: Impact of Modernization, Democratization and Globalization, ProQuest, 2009, ISBN 978-1-109-05548-1, p. 73.[permanent dead link]

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