People's Democracy Party

The Halkin Demokrasi Partisi ( HADEP, "party democracy of the people", Kurdish: Partiya Demokrasiya gel) was Turkey, a leftist political party with an aligned on the Kurdish minority programmatic. It was founded on 11 May 1994, one month after the constitutional court on April 16, 1994 banned the same nature " Demokrasi Parti " (DEP, "party democracy "). The target group of Kurdish HADEP included according to an estimate published in 1995, 12.6 percent of the total population. In the nation -wide electoral threshold of 10 percent failure of this party was programmed without electoral alliances.

Program

HADEP moved on important social issues of the 1990s such as the customs union or the privatization of state enterprises no position. The program HADEP was the core issue of the Kurdish issue " spongy ". As with the previous DEP party lacked a clear delineation of the PKK. Furthermore, an explicit commitment to the territorial integrity of Turkey was missing. A brotherly coexistence between Turks and Kurds, as the party is propagated, left room for interpretation.

Election results

In the parliamentary elections of 1995, the HADEP achieved a share of 4.2 per cent of the valid votes. Only in the provinces of Diyarbakir ( 46.31 %) and Hakkari ( 54.21 %), she managed to win the majority of the Kurdish voters to support him. In Şırnak ( 25.9%), Siirt ( 26.6 %), Iğdır ( 21.7%), Tunceli (16.9% ), Mus (16.7%), Bitlis ( 10.0%), Van ( 27.99% ), Şanlıurfa ( 13.72 %), Batman and Ağrı ( 17.91 %) skipped the party, the 10 - percent threshold. In an absence of choice hurdles HADEP could send 24 deputies to parliament. In the local elections in 2003 HADEP presented Mayor 37.

Ban

On 13 March 2003 the Constitutional Court HADEP ban unanimously. In support of the court led to separatist movements. Against a total of 46 management officials, it imposed a five -year ban on political activity. This also the chairman Murat Bozlak was affected. The party property was confiscated.

Party chairman

  • Murat Bozlak
  • Ahmet Turan Demir
  • Murat Bozlak
  • Hatip Dicle
May 11 Kurdish people Siirt Province Bitlis Province Batman Province
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