Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party
The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (Kurdish: Partiya Wekhevî û Demokrasiya Gelan; Turkish: Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi, abbreviated as DEM Parti), formerly known as Party of the Greens and the Left Future until 15 October 2023 when a party congress decided to change the name, is a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey. It was founded on 25 November 2012 as a green and left-libertarian party, a merger of the Greens' Party and the Equality and Democracy Party. With the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) handing over its work to this party in 2023, it became the latest iteration of the Kurdish independence movement in Turkey.
Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi | |
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| Abbreviation | DEM Parti |
| Co-Leaders | Tulay Hatımoğulları Oruç Tuncer Bakırhan |
| Founded | 25 November 2012 |
| Merger of | Equality and Democracy Party Greens Party Peoples' Democratic Party (2023) |
| Headquarters | Atatürk Bulvarı No:88 Daire: 16 Çankaya – Ankara |
| Membership (2024) | 10,353 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| National affiliation | Peoples' Democratic Congress Labour and Freedom Alliance Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance |
| European affiliation | European Green Party (candidate member) |
| List members (2023) | Peoples' Democratic Party Labour Party Labourist Movement Party Social Freedom Party |
| Colours | Purple, Green, Yellow |
| Grand National Assembly | 57 / 600 |
| Website | |
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Prominent founders included Murat Belge, political author and former columnist for Taraf; Kutluğ Ataman, filmmaker and contemporary artist; and Ufuk Uras, former Istanbul deputy and president of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP).
Similarly to its predecessors, the party is often labeled by its adversaries as the political branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey.