Participatory Democracy Party

Participatory Democracy Party
Kurdish:
Turkish: Katılımcı Demokrasi Partisi, KADEP
LeaderLütfi Baksi
FounderŞerafettin Elçi
Founded19 December 2006 (2006-12-19)
Dissolved27 May 2019 (2019-05-27)
Split fromDemocratic People's Party
Merged intoTurkey Kurdistan Democratic Party
IdeologySocial democracy
Kurdish nationalism
Political positionCentre-left

Participatory Democracy Party (Turkish: Katılımcı Demokrasi Partisi, KADEP) was a pro-Kurdish rights party in Turkey. The party was created in 2006 by Şerafettin Elçi, the former Minister of Public Works.

In the 2011 Turkish general election, Elçi ran with the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Bloc; it was elected in the Diyarbakır Province.

On May 27 2019, the party merged into the Turkey Kurdistan Democratic Party.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Şerafettin Elçi kimdir?". Akşam (in Turkish). 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  2. ↑ "Kürt siyaseti Elçi'sini kaybetti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Flaş! Şerafettin Elçi öldü". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  4. ↑ "KADEP lideri Elçi, Kürtler için özyönetim istedi". Radikal (in Turkish). 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2013-07-15.