| Democratic Society Party |
Article Index for Democratic |
Website Links For Democratic |
Information AboutDemocratic Society Party |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY PARTY | |
| political parties in turkey | |
| social democratic parties | |
| kurdish organisations | |
| political parties established in 2005 | |
| socialist international | |
|
Democratic Society Party (In Turkish: ''Demokratik Toplum Partisi, DTP'') is a pro-Kurdish social democratic party, considered as the successor to the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP). The party was founded in 2005, as the continuation of the ''Democratic Society Movement (DTH)''. DTH was set up by the veteran Kurdish politicans, former deputies Leyla Zana , Orhan Doğan, Hatip Dicle and Selim Sadak upon their release from prison in 2004. DTP has mayors in 55 municipalities These are; In , Suruç , Viranşehir districts. One minor municipality largely inhabited by Kurds in each of the provinces of Adana , Adıyaman , Aydın , Iğdır , Kars , Konya and Van . [http://www.dth-web.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=7&id=33&Itemid=65 in Southeastern Turkey densely inhabited by Kurds. DTP is co-presided by Aysel Tuğluk and Ahmet Türk, and is thus the first Turkish party to have collective leadership. SEE ALSO Democratic People's Party Leyla Zana EXTERNAL LINK FOOTNOTES |
|
|