The Democratic Society Party ( Kurd. Partiya Civaka Demokratîk , Turkish . Demokratik Toplum Partisi - DTP ) is a Kurdish political party in Turkey . It was positioned as social democratic and had observer status in the Socialist International . She was the successor to the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP); after the ban, transformed into the Party of Peace and Democracy .
| Party of a democratic society | |
|---|---|
| Kurd. Partiya Civaka Demokratîk | |
| Leader | Ahmet Turk |
| Established | 2005 |
| Dissolution date | 2009 |
| Headquarters | |
| Ideology | social democracy |
| International | Socialist international |
| Site | web.archive.org/web/2008... |
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History
The party was founded in 2005 on the basis of the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) by former Kurdish MPs from the Democratic Party (DEP) Leila Zanoi and Orhan Dogan after their release from prison in 2004 . They were joined by Ahmet Turk , formerly deputy chairman of the People’s Republican Party . Since July 20, 2008, Ahmet Turk is the chairman of the PDO. [one]
On September 1, 2007, the PDO became one of the founders of the Council for Peace in Turkey Association ( tour: Türkiye Barış Meclisi ). PDO was the only party in the Turkish parliament to oppose the intervention of the Turkish military in northern Iraq [2] . In protest of the military operations of the Turkish army in Northern Iraq in 2008, the PDO held a march of many thousands in the silt of Shirnak.
On November 8, 2007, the PDO presented a plan for a democratic solution to the Kurdish issue. In October 2008, a brochure entitled “The PDO Project for a Democratic Solution to the Kurdish Conflict” ( DTP'nin Kürt Sorununa İlişkin Demokratik Çözüm Projesi ) was published . The project provides for the creation of 20 to 25 regional parliaments, as well as the use of the Kurdish language for teaching in schools.
In 2009, the party was banned by the Turkish Constitutional Court [3] .
Election Participation
The Democratic Society Party did not formally participate in the 2007 parliamentary elections. Due to the high electoral threshold (10%), party members ran as independent candidates. A total of 64 candidates for parliament were nominated. 21 members of the PDO were elected, which allowed the party to form its own parliamentary faction. [four]
In the elections to local authorities on March 29, 2009, PDO received a majority in 8 silts :
| Hakkari | 78.97% |
| Diyarbakir | 65.60% |
| Batman | 65.43% |
| Sirnak | 53.75% |
| Van | 53.54% |
| Siirt | 49.43% |
| Igdir | 39.62% |
| Tunzheli | 30.00% |
Thus, the PDO was able to win in the sludges of Van, Batman and Siirt, in which the ruling Justice and Development Party had previously had power, as well as in the province of Igdir, previously headed by the Turkish Nationalist Party of the PND . PDO candidates were able to win mayoral elections in 50 cities, including Diyarbakir .
PKK Relations
Since its founding, the party has been accused of having ties to the Kurdistan Workers Party, which was banned in Turkey [5] . In the PDO itself, they deny organizational ties with the PKK, but recognize the presence of emotional bonds [6] .
EU Position
EU officials note that the presence of Kurdish deputies in the Turkish Grand National Assembly means further democratization of Turkish society.
Notes
- ↑ DTP leader Ahmet Turk . Turkey Daily News. Date of treatment January 3, 2009. Archived April 10, 2009.
- ↑ Türkisches Parlament erlaubt Militärschlag im Nordirak
- ↑ Turkish top court bans pro-Kurdish party BBC 12/11/2009
- ↑ DTP Meclis'te grup başvurusunu yaptı (tour)
- ↑ 'Mr Ocalan' conviction in Turkey , BBC News (March 6, 2007).
- ↑ DTP'li baskan: PKK ile duygusal bagimiz var Archived on May 19, 2007. (tour.)