Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace
Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace | |
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| Leader | Moustafa Ali Tsavous |
| Founder | Sadik Achmet |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Preceded by | Independent Muslim List |
| Ideology | Turkish minority politics, Centrism, Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance (observer) |
| Website | |
| http://www.debpartisi.org | |
The Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace (Greek: Κόμμα Ισότητας, Ειρήνης και Φιλίας, abbr. Κ.Ι.Ε.Φ.; Turkish: Dostluk-Eşitlik-Barış Partisi) is a Greek political party founded to represent the interests of a part of the Turkish minority of Greece (West Thrace).
The party was created on September 13, 1991 by Sadik Achmet who presided over it until his death in 1995. Achmet was succeeded by his widow Isik Achmet (Işık Ahmet) who led until 1999. The party was then led by Achmet Chatziosman until 2007 when Chatziosman was elected member of the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). The next chairman, Moustafa Bosnak, was replaced in July 2010 by Moustafa Ali Tsavous.[1]
Achmet Chatziosman was elected in 2002 and 2006 for the Rhodope Prefecture on a common PASOK-Synaspismós list and was vice-prefect from 2002 to 2007.[2]
Notable members
- Sadik Achmet
- Ismail Molla
- Achmet Faikoglou
- Achmet Chatziosman
- Tsetin Mantatzi
- Galip Galip
- Isik Achmet
- Moustafa Mposnak
- Moustafa Ali Tsavous
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Other Turkish minority parties in South-Eastern Europe
- Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Bulgaria)
- Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (Kosovo)
- Democratic Party of Turks (Republic of Macedonia)
- Democratic Turkish Union of Romania (Romania)
Sources
- ↑ Turkish: Dostluk-Eşitlik-Barış Partisi’nde yeni dönem, Millet (Xanthi), July 15, 2010
- ↑ (Greek) ΟΣΜΑΝ ΑΧΜΕΤ ΧΑΤΖΗ, ΒΟΥΛΕΥΤΗΣ ΡΟΔΟΠΗΣ, MP profile page, accessed on September 24, 2009
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