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Movement for Rights and Freedoms Движение за права и свободи | |
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| Abbreviation | DPS |
| Honorary President | Ahmed Dogan (removed 22 December 2024) |
| Leader | Delyan Peevski (disputed) |
| Founded | 4 January 1990 |
| Succeeded by | Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance (2016) DPS – A New Beginning (2024) Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (2024) |
| Headquarters | 45A Alexander Stamboliyski Blvd., Sofia |
| Youth wing | Youth movement for rights and freedoms |
| Membership (2018) |  40,000[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre[5] |
| Regional affiliation | None Historical: Liberal South East European Network (until 2024) |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
| International affiliation | Liberal International (until 2024) |
| Colors | Blue |
| European Parliament | 1 / 17 |
| Municipalities | 48 / 265 |
| Website | |
| www dpsbg | |
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Bulgarian: Движение за права и свободи Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi, ДПС, DPS; Turkish: Hak ve Özgürlükler Hareketi, HÖH[6]) is a centrist[5] political party in Bulgaria with a support base among ethnic minority communities. It was a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).[7] While representing the interests of Muslims, especially Turks and to a lesser extent Pomaks (Muslim Bulgarians), the party also receives the largest share of Romani votes.
Following a leadership dispute prior to the October 2024 elections, party members split into two separate electoral coalitions: Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (loyalists to Ahmed Dogan), and DPS – A New Beginning (led by Delyan Peevski).[8] After the faction led by Peevski was recognized to be the legitimate DPS by the Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria, the faction led by Dogan split, changed their name and registered without claiming DPS to be a member of the alliance.[9][verification needed] Peevski has since become the sole chairman of the DPS and removed Dogan as the honorary president.[10]
- ^ "БСП и ГЕРБ вече почти равни по брой членове" [BSP and GERB now almost even in membership]. 24 Chasa. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ Cerami, Alfio (2006), Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Emergence of a New European Welfare Regime, Lit verlag, p. 26
- ^ Pantev, Plamen (2010), "Bulgaria", NATO at 60, IOS Press, p. 70
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- ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Bulgaria". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ^ "HÖH Bulgaristan - Başlangıç". HÖH Bulgaristan - Başlangıç. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "ALDE Party Bureau Recommends Expulsion of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF)". ALDE Party. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "ЦИК прие заявленията на ДПС-Пеевски и ДПС-Доган едновременно". Свободна Европа (in Bulgarian). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ ""Алианс за права и свободи": Румен Йончев от името на лоялните на Доган регистрира коалиция без ДПС". epicenter.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Кулминацията на войната в ДПС: Пеевски стана единствен председател и детронира Доган". Dnevnik (in Bulgarian). 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.