Democratic Left People's Party

Democratic Left People's Party (Turkish: Demokratik Sol Halk Partisi, DSHP) was a short-lived political party in Turkey. It was founded by ex-members of Democratic Left Party, led by Rahşan Ecevit. Its founding leader was Hulki Cevizoğlu. Cevizoğlu quit the office on January 13, 2010.[1] In the founder's meeting on January 17, 2010, Rahşan Ecevit was elected as new leader.[2]

Democratic Left People's Party
Demokratik Sol Halk Partisi
AbbreviationDSHP
FounderHulki Cevizoğlu, Rahşan Ecevit
FoundedNovember 23, 2009 (2009-11-23)
DissolvedJune 12, 2010 (2010-06-12)
IdeologyKemalism
Social democracy
Political positionCentre-left
International affiliationSocialist International
ColoursWhite and blue

In May 2010, after Deniz Baykal's resignation of leadership of Republican People's Party, major left-wing party in Turkey, there was strong support for Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the left-wing media. Rahşan Ecevit also supported Kılıçdaroğlu for the sake of unity in the left-wing. She joined the CHP congress on May 22, 2010, when Kılıçdaroğlu was elected as the new leader. Finally, the founder's board chose to close the party on June 12, 2010.[3]

Leaders
# Name Starts Ends Days in office
1Hulki CevizoğluNovember 23, 2009January 13, 20101 month 21 days
2Rahşan EcevitJanuary 17, 2010June 12, 20104 months 26 days

References
  1. "Başlamadan bitti" (in Turkish). Ntvmsnbc. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  2. "DSHP'de Cevizoğlu gitti, Ecevit geldi" (in Turkish). CNN Türk. 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  3. "DSHP kapanıyor" (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet. 2010-06-14. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-06-27.


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