Democratic Regions Party

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
AbbreviationDBP
LeaderSaliha Aydeniz
Keskin Bayındır (co-chair)
Founded2 May 2008 (as Peace and Democracy Party)
11 July 2014 (rebranding)
Preceded byPeace and Democracy Party
HeadquartersBarış Manço Cad. 32. Sk. No:37, Balgat – Ankara, Turkey
Membership (2023)Decrease 6,796[1]
IdeologyKurdish nationalism[2]
Secularism
Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Regionalism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationPeoples' Democratic Congress
Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance
Grand
National Assembly
2 / 600

Development

After 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]

References
  1. "Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  2. 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.
  3. "BDP milletvekilleri HDP'ye katıldı". Al-Monitor. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. BDP artık Meclis'te yok
  5. "Managing Turkey's PKK Conflict: The Case of Nusaybin". International Crisis Group. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  6. "BDP'nin adı Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi oldu". Evrensel. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  7. "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.
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