Democratic Union Party (Syria)
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Democratic Union Party
Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat |
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| Arabic name | حزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي |
| Leader |
Salih Muslim Asya Abdullah |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Kobanî |
| Ideology |
Libertarian socialism, Democratic socialism, Feminism, Eco-socialism, Social ecology, Democratic Confederalism, Communalism, |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change Kurdish Supreme Committee |
| International affiliation |
Koma Civakên Kurdistan Socialist International |
| Rojava Coalition | TEV-DEM |
| Colors | Green, red, yellow |
| People's Council |
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| Democratic Council |
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The Democratic Union Party (Kurdish: Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat, PYD; Arabic: حزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي, Ḥizb Al-Ittiḥad Al-Dimuqraṭiy) is a left-wing Kurdish political party established in 2003 by Kurdish activists in northern Syria. It is a founder member of the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change, and is described by the Carnegie Middle East Center as "one of the most important Kurdish opposition parties in Syria". It is the leading political party in the Federation of Northern Syria - Rojava and its cantons. Chemical engineer Saleh Muslim became its chairman in 2010, and Asiyah Abdullah its co-chairwoman in June 2012.
On its website, the PYD describes itself as believing in "social equality, justice and the freedom of belief" as well as "pluralism and the freedom of political parties". It describes itself as "striving for a democratic solution that includes the recognition of cultural, national and political rights, and develops and enhances their peaceful struggle to be able to govern themselves in a multicultural, democratic society." The PYD is a member of several organisations, e.g. the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK). The PYD has adopted Democratic Confederalism as one of its ideologies and have implemented ideas of Murray Bookchin and Abdullah Öcalan in Rojava, where hundreds of neighborhood-based communes have established across the three Rojava cantons.
Like the KCK umbrella in general, and even more so, the PYD is critical of any form of nationalism, including Kurdish nationalism. This policy stands in stark contrast to the Kurdish nationalist visions of the Kurdish National Council.
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