| Chairperson | Veysi Aydin (1998) Mehmet Abbasoğlu (1998–2003) Tuncer Bakırhan (2003–2005) |
|---|---|
| Founded | October 24, 1997 (1997-10-24) |
| Dissolved | August 17, 2005 (2005-08-17) |
| Preceded by | People's Democracy Party |
| Merged into | Democratic Society Party |
| Succeeded by | Participatory Democracy Party Rights and Freedoms Party |
| Ideology | Kurdish nationalism Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colors | Red,Orange orYellow |
TheDemocratic People's Party (Turkish:Demokratik Halk Partisi, DEHAP) was a pro-Kurdish[1]political party inTurkey.
DEHAP was founded 24 October 1997.[2]
It was the continuation of thePeople's Democracy Party (HADEP), which was banned in March 2003 by theConstitutional Court on the grounds that it supported theKurdistan Workers Party PKK).[3] On the 26th of March, 2003, 35 Mayors who were part of the HADEP joined the DEHAP.[4] The party had three chairmen. The party was at first presided by Veysi Aydin, who was elected on the parties first ordinary congress in January 1998. After his membership was revoked by the TurkishSupreme Court, he was replaced byMehmet Abbasoğlu at the first extraordinary congress of the party in May 1998.[2] In the second extraordinary party congress in June 2003,Tuncer Bakırhan was elected its president.[2]
At its lastlegislativeelections in November 2002, the party won 6.2% of the popular vote, thus not reaching the 10% threshold for gaining representation in theGrand National Assembly of Turkey. For the local elections in March 2004,[5] the DEHAP, together with theLabour Party (EMEP), theFreedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP), and theSocialist Democracy Party (SDP), entered an electoral alliance under the name of theSocial Democrat People's Party (SHP)[4] Following the elections, 56 elected mayors returned to the DEHAP.[4] It signed a declaration which demanded the PKK to lay down its arms together with 150 Turkish intellectuals.[6]
On the 17th of August, 2005, DEHAP announced its merger with the Democratic Society Movement (DTH) founded byLeyla Zana to form theDemocratic Society Party (DTP).[7] In November 2005, it announced that it has dissolved itself.
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