Democratic Society Party

Democratic Society Party
Kurdish: *Partiya Civaka Demokratîk*
Turkish: *Demokratik Toplum Partisi*
Democratic Society Party; Kurdish: Partiya Civaka Demokratîk; Turkish: Demokratik Toplum Partisi
Leader	Ahmet Türk, Emine Ayna, Aysel Tuğluk, Nurettin Demirtaş
Founded	17 August 2005
Banned	12 December 2009
Merger of	Democratic People's Party; Democratic Society Movement
Succeeded by	Peace and Democracy Party
Headquarters	Barış Manço Cad. 32. Sk. No:37, Balgat – Ankara, Turkey
Ideology	Social democracy; Kurdish nationalism; Left-wing nationalism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Thousand Hope Candidates
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists (associate member)
International affiliation	Socialist International (observer member)
Colors	Red, Green and Yellow
Website
	[1] (archived)
	Politics of Turkey; Political parties; Elections;

The Democratic Society Party (Turkish: Demokratik Toplum Partisi, DTP, Kurdish: Partiya Civaka Demokratîk, PCD) was a Kurdish nationalist^[2]^[3] political party in Turkey. The party considered itself social-democratic and had observer status in the Socialist International. It was considered to be the successor of the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP). The party was established in 2005 and succeeded in getting elected more than ninety mayors in the municipal elections of 2009.^[4] On 11 December 2009, the Constitutional Court of Turkey banned the DTP, ruling that the party has become "focal point of activities against the indivisible unity of the state, the country and the nation". The ban has been widely criticized both by groups within Turkey and by several international organizations. The party was succeeded by the Peace and Democracy Party.

^ ^a ^b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2009). "Turkey". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
^ Constantine Arvanitopoulos, Turkey's Accession to the European Union: An Unusual candidacy, Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-88196-4, p. 61. Archived 30 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ William M. Hale, Ergun Özbudun, Islamism, Democracy and Liberalism in Turkey: The Case of the AKP, Taylor & Francis, 2009, ISBN 978-0-415-48470-1, p. 77.
^ Rosa, Burç (2019). "Kurdish transformative politics in Turkey". HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 12: 20. doi:10.1086/719163. S2CID 249019509. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[Nordsieck-1] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2009). "Turkey". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[2] Constantine Arvanitopoulos, Turkey's Accession to the European Union: An Unusual candidacy, Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-88196-4, p. 61. Archived 30 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[3] William M. Hale, Ergun Özbudun, Islamism, Democracy and Liberalism in Turkey: The Case of the AKP, Taylor & Francis, 2009, ISBN 978-0-415-48470-1, p. 77.

[4] Rosa, Burç (2019). "Kurdish transformative politics in Turkey". HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 12: 20. doi:10.1086/719163. S2CID 249019509. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

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