Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey) Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey) The Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkish: "Halkların Demokratik Partisi" (HDP), Kurdish: "Partiya Demokratîk a Gelan"), or Democratic Party of the Peoples, is a pro-minority political party in Turkey. Generally left-wing, the party places a strong emphasis on participatory democracy, radical democracy, feminism, minority rights, youth rights and egalitarianism. It is an associate member of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and consultative member of the Socialist International. Aspiring to fundamentally challenge the existing Turkish-Kurdish divide and other existing parameters in Turkish politics, the HDP was founded in 2012 as the political wing of the Peoples' Democratic Congress,
Mustafa Sarıgül SHP. Another MP from SHP, Tevfik Kocak, made a request to investigate corruption and bribery charges related to the procurement of military aircraft. Claims are made later by Tevfik Kocak, that Sarigul made another request to the parliament falsifying Kocak's signature to withdraw the claim about the corruption charges. Sarigul was dismissed from SHP in 1992. Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi prepared a report in 2005 with details of bribery and corruption claims in the Sisli municipality. It was dismissed from the CHP in 2005. Can Atakli, a columnist applying to CHP, running for mayorship in Istanbul in 2013, questioned Sarigul's connections