Founded 11 July 2014 | Membership (2014) 48,174 | |
Leader Emine AynaKamûran Yûksek (co-chair) Preceded by Peace and Democracy Party Ideology Kurdish nationalismDemocratic socialismSocial democracySecularism | ||
The Democratic Regions Party (Turkish: Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi, Kurdish: Partiya Herêman a Demokratîk, DBP) is a social democratic Kurdish political party in the Republic of Turkey. Pro-minority rights and feminist Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) acts as the fraternal party to DBP.
Development
After the 2014 municipal elections, Peoples' Democratic Party and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) 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.
At the 3rd Congress of BDP on 11 July 2014, the name of the party was changed to the Democratic Regions Party and a new structure restricting the activities on the local/regional government level was adopted.