Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)
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Peoples' Democratic Party
Halkların Demokratik Partisi |
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| Abbreviation | HDP |
| Chairman | Selahattin Demirtaş |
| Chairwoman | Figen Yüksekdağ |
| Honorary Presidents |
Ertuğrul Kürkçü Sebahat Tuncel |
| Spokesperson | Ayhan Bilgen |
| Founded | August 12, 2012 |
| Headquarters | Adakale Sok. 23/3 Kızılay Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey |
| Membership (2015) | 30,295 |
| Ideology |
Democratic socialism Regionalism/Minority rights Political pluralism Feminism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK) |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (associate) |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (consultative) |
| Colors | Purple |
| Grand National Assembly |
59 / 550
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| Metropolitan municipalities |
1 / 30
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| District municipalities |
0 / 1,351
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| Municipal councillors |
9 / 20,458
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| Provincial councillors |
1 / 1,251
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The Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkish: Halkların Demokratik Partisi (HDP), Kurdish: Partiya Demokratîk a Gelan), or Democratic Party of the Peoples, is a pro-minority political party in Turkey. Generally left-wing, the party places a strong emphasis on participatory democracy, feminism, minority rights, and egalitarianism. It is an associate member of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and consultative member of the Socialist International.
Aspiring to fundamentally challenge the existing Turkish-Kurdish divide and other existing parameters in Turkish politics, the HDP was founded in 2012 as the political wing of the Peoples' Democratic Congress, a union of numerous left-wing movements that had previously fielded candidates as independents to bypass the 10% election threshold. It is in alliance with the Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), often described as the HDP's fraternal party. While the HDP's claims that it represents the whole of Turkey, critics have accused the party of mainly representing the interests of the Kurdish minority in south-eastern Turkey, where the party polls the highest. From 2013 to 2015, the HDP participated in peace negotiations with the Turkish government on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) separatist militant organisation, with which it is accused of having direct links.
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