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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.
Democratic Regions Party Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi Partiya Herêman a Demokratîk | |
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| Abbreviation | DBP |
| Leader | Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar Keskin Bayındır (co-chair) |
| Founded | 2 May 2008 (as Peace and Democracy Party) 11 July 2014 (rebranding) |
| Preceded by | Peace and Democracy Party |
| Headquarters | Barış Manço Cad. 32. Sk. No:37, Balgat – Ankara, Turkey |
| Membership (2024) |  7,002[1] |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism[2] Secularism Social democracy Democratic socialism Regionalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Peoples' Democratic Congress Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance |
| Grand National Assembly | 2 / 600
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Development
editAfter 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
edit- ^ "Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "BDP milletvekilleri HDP'ye katıldı". Al-Monitor. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ BDP artık Meclis'te yok
- ^ "Managing Turkey's PKK Conflict: The Case of Nusaybin". International Crisis Group. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "BDP'nin adı Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi oldu". Evrensel. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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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