Democratic Left People's Party

The Demokratik Halk Partisi Sol, DSHP, ( German: Democratic Left People's Party) was a political party in the Republic of Turkey.

The founder of the Democratic Left Party Rahsan Ecevit founded the Democratic Left People's Party with other former DSP members who were also dissatisfied with the political course of the DSP after the death of Bülent Ecevit. Rahsan Ecevit gave the party's founding this opinion: " This is exactly why [ the increasing Aktionslosigkeit the party and the deviation from the course Bülent Ecevit ] are those who have withdrawn from the Democratic Left Party (DSP ) and the ideas Bülent Ecevit realize soon want and want to quit the government of the Party for justice and Development and want to contribute to the formation of a government that satisfies the Republic of Turkey, came together under the name Demokratik Halk Partisi Sol and started their work. "

On 13 January 2010 Cevizoğlu resigned as party chairman. With him, the deputy party leader İsmail Dükel, the Secretary-General and his deputies Murat Özkan Leblebici Ali Sakal and Aytaç Tiryaki resigned.

In May 2010, after Deniz Baykals withdrawal from Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi the leadership of the (CHP ), there was strong support for Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu within the left -wing media. Rahsan Ecevit also supported Kılıçdaroğlu, in order to preserve the unity of the Turkish left. She joined the CHP congress 22 May 2010, was elected as the new Chairman Kılıçdaroğlu. Finally, the founding Board decided to close the party on June 12, 2010.