Peoples' Democratic Party

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political party

The Peoples' Democratic Party is a left-wing, pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey known for advocating minority rights, democracy, and social justice.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Peoples’ Democratic Party 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
accusedByGovernmentOf links to Kurdistan Workers' Party ⓘ
advocates Kurdish rights ⓘ
LGBT rights ⓘ
decentralization ⓘ
democratization of Turkey ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ
local self-government ⓘ
minority rights ⓘ
bannedStatus faced closure cases in Turkish Constitutional Court ⓘ
color green ⓘ
purple ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
denies being armed organization ⓘ
electoralBase Kurdish population in Turkey ⓘ
left-wing voters in Turkey ⓘ
entered Grand National Assembly of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn inclusive citizenship ⓘ
peace process with Kurds ⓘ
pluralism ⓘ
founded 2012 ⓘ
foundedAs successor to Peace and Democracy Party ⓘ
hasWing Peoples' Democratic Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Ankara NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology democratic socialism ⓘ
feminism ⓘ
left-wing politics ⓘ
minority rights advocacy ⓘ
participatory democracy ⓘ
pro-Kurdish politics ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
nativeName Halkların Demokratik Partisi NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement passed 10 percent electoral threshold in June 2015 general election ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup HDP parliamentary group in Grand National Assembly of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalPositionOnKurdishIssue supports peaceful resolution of Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
position left-wing ⓘ
regionOfActivity Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
repressedBy Turkish state authorities ⓘ
shortName HDP NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports environmental protection ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
social welfare policies ⓘ
workers' rights ⓘ
symbol tree with stars ⓘ
usesCoChairSystem male and female co-chairs ⓘ
usesQuotaSystem gender quota for party positions ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) → hasPoliticalWingInTurkey → Peoples' Democratic Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Kurdistan Communities Union
November 2015 Turkish general election → mainParty → Peoples' Democratic Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peoples’ Democratic Party
2017 Turkish constitutional referendum → opposedBy → Peoples' Democratic Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peoples’ Democratic Party