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Peace and Democracy Party Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi Partiya Aştî û Demokrasiyê

Leader	Selahattin Demirtaş Gültan Kışanak
Founded	3 May 2008
Dissolved	11 July 2014
Preceded by	Democratic Society Party
Succeeded by	Peoples' Democratic Party Democratic Regions Party
Headquarters	Ankara, Turkey
Ideology	Kurdish minority rights^[1] Emancipation of women^[1] Kurdish nationalism^[2]
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
National affiliation	Labour, Democracy and Freedom Bloc
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists (observer)
International affiliation	Socialist International (consultative)
Politics of Turkey Political parties Elections

The Peace and Democracy Party (Turkish: Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi, Kurdish: Partiya Aştî û Demokrasiyê, BDP) was a Kurdish political party in Turkey existing from 2008 to 2014.^[3]

Development

BDP succeeded the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in 2008, following the closure of the latter party for its alleged connections with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The BDP was co-chaired by Selahattin Demirtaş and Gültan Kışanak. One-third of its representatives were Alevi.^[4]

The Deputy Chairs were Pervin Buldan and İdris Baluken.^[5] In the elections the BDP supported the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Bloc, which achieved the election of 35 Members of Parliament.^[6]

After municipal elections on 30 March 2014, Berivan Elif Kilic became the co-mayor of Kocaköy, a farming town of 17,000 people in Turkey’s Kurdish region. Kilic shared the post of mayor with her male running mate, Affullah Kar, a former Imam. Under BDP party rules, all top positions are split between a man and a woman, in an effort to promote women’s participation in politics.^[7]

Ideology

The party chairman has called for the PKK to disarm.^[8] The BDP had observer status in the Socialist International.^[9] BDP supported Turkey's membership in the European Union,^[10] same-sex marriages in Turkey,^[11] an anti-discrimination law to protect LGBT people^[10] and also wants the Government of Turkey to recognize the Armenian genocide.^[12]

Peoples' Democratic Party

Pro-minority rights and feminist Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) acted as the fraternal party to BDP. At the 2014 municipal elections, HDP ran parallel to BDP, with the BDP running in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast while the HDP competed in the rest of the country^[13] except Mersin Province and Konya Province where BDP launched its own candidates.^[14]

After the local elections, the two parties 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.^[15]^[16]

Legal prosecution

The BDP has reported that between April 2009 and October 2011 more than 7500 BDP members were detained and over 3000 were arrested.^[17]

Reorganisation

At the 3rd Congress of the party on 11 July 2014, the name was changed to the Democratic Regions Party and a new structure restricting activities on the local/regional government level was adopted.^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b "Our Office". Peace and Democracy Party – US Representative Office. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ 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.
^ "Peace and Democracy Party (Turkey)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
^ http://www.todayszaman.com/columnist-312698-alevi-kurds-problem.html Archived 2013-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Alevi Kurds' problem, todayszaman.com
^ "Pro-Kurdish deputies pay 12th visit to jailed PKK leader". Sunday's Zaman. 2013-11-09. Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
^ Heper, Metin; Öztürk-Tunçel, Duygu; Criss, Nur Bilge (2018). Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-5381-0225-1.
^ "The Daily Beast". The Daily Beast.
^ BDP chairman calls on PKK to lay down arms Archived 2012-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Member Parties of the Socialist International". Socialist International.
^ ^a ^b "About Peace and Democracy Party". BDP. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ "BDP'nin eşcinsel evlilik isteği tartışılıyor". Haber 10 (in Turkish). 15 May 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ "BDP urges Turkey to offer apology to Armenians". Hurriyet Daily News. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ Cengiz, Orhan Kemal (31 October 2013). "New Kurdish Party Could Impact Local Turkish Elections". Sibel Utku Bila (trans.). Al-Monitor. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^ ADAYLARIMIZ Archived 2014-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, BDP official website
^ "BDP milletvekilleri HDP'ye katıldı". Al-Monitor. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^ "BDP artık Meclis'te yok". odatv.com. 28 April 2014.
^ "7748 Kurds in Turkish custody - 3895 Arrested in 30 months in the scope of KCK operations". Ekurd Daily. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
^ "BDP'nin adı Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi oldu". Evrensel. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

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Defunct	People's Labor Party (HEP) Freedom and Equality Party (ÖZEP) Freedom and Democracy Party (ÖZDEP) Democracy Party (DEP) People's Democracy Party (HADEP) Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) Democratic Society Party (DTP) Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Participatoric Democracy Party (KADEP)

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Peace and Democracy Party (BDP)
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The conflict

1974–1984	Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980) Maraş massacre 1980 Turkish coup d'état
1984–1999	1984 PKK attacks Karageçit August 1986 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq Ortabağ March 1987 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq Pınarcık massacre Yeşilova incident Battle of Şırnak 1992 Taşdelen attack Battle of Kulp Operation Northern Iraq May 24, 1993 PKK attack Başbağlar massacre Lice massacre Winter Campaign of 1994–1995 Operation Steel Operation Hawk Operation Tokat 1996 Tunceli bombing Siege of Varto Sazak assault Operation Hammer Operation Dawn Operation Murat 1999 Istanbul bombings Blue Market massacre
1999–2004	2000 Turkish Hezbollah crackdown
2004–2012	2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing 2007 Ankara bombing October 2007 clashes in Hakkâri December 2007 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq 2008 Diyarbakır bombing 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq 2008 Istanbul bombings October 2008 Aktütün attack Reşadiye shooting 2010 İskenderun attack 2010 Hakkâri bus bombing 2010 Istanbul bombing August 2011 Turkey–Iraq cross-border raids 2011 Hakkâri attack Roboski massacre June–August 2012 Hakkari clashes 2012 Gaziantep bombing September 2012 Beytüşşebap attack
2015–present	2015 Siirt bombing Operation Martyr Yalçın 2015 Hakkari assault Siege of Silvan (2015) Şırnak clashes (2015–2016) Siege of Sur (2016) February 2016 Lice bombing February 2016 Ankara bombing March 2016 Ankara bombing March 2016 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq 2016 Bursa bombing May 2016 Dürümlü bombing May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing 2016 Cizre bombing 2016 Elazığ bombing Assassination of Deryan Aktert December 2016 Istanbul bombings 2017 Diyarbakır bombing Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar (2018) 2018 Siirt raid 2018 Gercüş bombing 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria 2020 İskenderun shootout Operation Claw-Eagle 2 Operation Claw-Lock Zakho resort attack 2022 Mersin attack Operation Claw-Sword 2023 Ankara bombing October 2023 Northeastern Syria clashes

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