Democratic People's Party (Turkey)

Democratic People's Party Kurdish: Partiya Gel a Demokratîk Turkish: Demokratik Halk Partisi
Founded	October 24, 1997
Dissolved	August 17, 2005
Merged into	Democratic Society Party
Ideology	Kurdish nationalism, Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism
Political position	Formerly Far-left Left-wing
Colors	Red, Orange or Yellow
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Democratic People's Party (Turkish: Demokratik Halk Partisi, DEHAP) was a Kurdish nationalist^[1] political party in Turkey. DEHAP was founded 24 October 1997. It was the continuation of the People's Democracy Party (HADEP), which was banned in March 2003 by the Constitutional Court on the grounds that it supported the Kurdistan Workers Party.^[2]

At its last legislative elections in November 2002, the party won 6.2% of the popular vote, thus not reaching the 10% threshold for gaining representation in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

On 17 August 2005 DEHAP announced its merger with the Democratic Society Movement (DTH) founded by Leyla Zana to form the Democratic Society Party (DTP).^[3]

Footnotes

1. Emrullah Uslu, The Transformation of Kurdish Political Identity in Turkey: Impact of Modernization, Democratization and Globalization, ProQuest, 2009, ISBN 978-1-109-05548-1, p. 73.
2. Moghadam 2007, 86.
3. Marcus 2007, xi

References

• Marcus, Aliza (2007). Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-5711-1.
• Moghadam, Valentine M. (2007). From Patriarchy to Empowerment: Women's Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0-8156-3111-1.