Democratic Regions Party

Democratic Regions Party
Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi
Partiya Herêman a Demokratîk
AbbreviationDBP
LeaderÇiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar
Keskin Bayındır [tr] (co-chair)
Founded2 May 2008 (as Peace and Democracy Party)
11 July 2014 (rebranding)
Preceded byPeace and Democracy Party
HeadquartersBarış Manço Cad. 32. Sk. No:37, Balgat – Ankara, Turkey
Membership (2024)Increase 7,002[1]
IdeologyKurdish nationalism[2]
Secularism
Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Regionalism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationPeoples' Democratic Congress
Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance
Grand
National Assembly
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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.

Development

After the 2014 municipal elections, Peoples' Democratic Party and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) were re-organised in a joint structure. On 28 April 2014, the entire parliamentary caucus of BDP joined HDP, whereas BDP was assigned exclusively to representatives on the local administration level.[3][4] The BDP has been said to be more hardline, arguably with closer PKK links, than its parent HDP.[5]

At the 3rd Congress of BDP on 11 July 2014, the name of the party was changed to the Democratic Regions Party and a new structure restricting the activities on the local/regional government level was adopted.[6]

On 30 November 2019, Saliha Aydeniz became the Co-Chair of the party.[7]

On November 12, 2023, Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar and Keskin Bayındır were elected as the new co-Chairpersons of the Democratic Regions Party.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "BDP milletvekilleri HDP'ye katıldı". Al-Monitor. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. ^ BDP artık Meclis'te yok
  5. ^ "Managing Turkey's PKK Conflict: The Case of Nusaybin". International Crisis Group. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  6. ^ "BDP'nin adı Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi oldu". Evrensel. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  7. ^ "HDP's sister party DBP becomes 10th party in Turkish parliament". www.duvarenglish.com. 2019-12-20. Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  8. ^ "DBP'nin yeni Eş Genel Başkanları Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar ve Keskin Bayındır oldu". Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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