Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party
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Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party
Partî Çareserî Dîmukratî Kurdistan |
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| Abbreviation | PÇDK |
| Leader | Diyar Garip Necibe Ömer |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Ideology | Communalism Democratic confederalism Jineology Kurdish nationalism Social ecology |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Regional affiliation | Koma Civakên Kurdistan |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colors | Green |
| Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq |
0 / 325
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| Seats in the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament |
0 / 111
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The Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party or PÇDK (Kurdish: Partî Çareserî Dîmukratî Kurdistan), is a political party active in Iraqi Kurdistan, founded in 2002. As a member of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), it is seen as the Iraqi Kurdish branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
However, it was never as successful as its siblings, such as the PKK in Turkey and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) even closed its headquarters and the party was banned from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), but it continued to operate.
The party contested the 2005 and 2009 Iraqi Kurdistan parliamentary elections but failed to win any seats.
The party likewise participated in the parliamentary elections of Iraqi Kurdistan held on 21 September 2013, winning 3,605 votes (0.18%, no representatives elected). In the approach to the elections the PÇDK had been denied a license to operate due to pressure from Turkey, but in the end they were able to take part in the elections.
On 20 May 2014, members had been taken into custody by security forces of the KDP, the ruling party of Iraqi Kurdistan during operations against diverse organisations in the cities of Erbil, Dohuk, and Zakho. The operations were justified by a prohibition of the party some days before. The reason for the prohibition was a demonstration in front of the KRG's parliament organised by the PÇDK to commemorate the massacre of Erbil in 1997, where 62 members of the PKK were murdered.
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