Rights and Freedoms Party
Rights and Freedoms Party Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi Partiya Maf û Azadiyan | |
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Abbreviation | HAK-PAR |
Leader | |
Founder | Abdülmelik Fırat |
Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | Diyarbakır |
Membership (2022) | 1,411[1] |
Ideology | Federalism Kurdish nationalism |
Political position | Left-wing |
Colours | Red, yellow & black |
Website | |
www.hakpar.org.tr | |
The Rights and Freedoms Party (Kurdish: Partiya Maf û Azadiyan, Turkish: Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi, abbreviated HAK-PAR) is a Kurdish nationalist[2] political party in Turkey.
Advocating federalism as a means of increasing Kurdish autonomy in the south-east of the country, the party split from the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) in 2002. The party's head office is in Diyarbakır. Until his death in October 2015, the party was headed by Fehmi Demir.[3]
In the local elections of 2014, the party won the municipal mayoralty in , Muş, attaining 43,846 votes.[4] In the June 2015 general election, HAK-PAR participated for the first time in a general election, winning 58,698 votes.
List of Leaders[]
# | Name | Term starts | Term ends |
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1 | Abdülmelik Fırat | 2002 | 2006 |
2 | 2006 | 2008 | |
3 | 2008 | 2012 | |
4 | Kemal Burkay | 2012 | 2014 |
5 | Fehmi Demir | 2014 | 2015 |
6 | 2016 |
Elections[]
General elections[]
Election | Votes | Percentage | Seats |
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June 2015 | 58.716 | %0,13 | 0 / 550
|
November 2015 | 110.161 | %0,23[5] | 0 / 550
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Local elections[]
Election | Votes | Percentage | Municipalities |
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2009 | 29.392 | %0,07 | 0 |
2014 | 43.846 | %0,09 | 1 |
References[]
- ^ "Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ "HAK-PAR leader's funeral brings Kurdish leaders together". Rudaw. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
...the chairman of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Rights and Freedoms Party (HAK-PAR)...
- ^ "Hak-Par leader Fehmi Demir dies in traffic accident". Today's Zaman. 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.haberdiyarbakir.com/konukbekler-belediye-baskanligini-hak-par-kazandi-62777h/
- ^ "TRT Seçim" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 November 2015.
Categories:
- 2002 establishments in Turkey
- Federalist parties
- Kurdish nationalist political parties
- Kurdish political parties in Turkey
- Left-wing parties
- Left-wing politics in Turkey
- Political parties established in 2002
- Political parties in Turkey