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,
People's Room People's Room The People's Rooms were state-sponsored Turkish community centers established in the rural parts of Turkey beginning in 1939. The purpose of the People's Rooms was to unite the Turkish people through the expression and manifestation of Turkish culture and Kemalist state policies. The Republican People's Party (Turkish: "Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi"), or the RPP, conceived various means through which to disseminate its nationalist ideology; the People's Houses ("Halkevleri") was one of them. People's Houses were "urban centers" operated by up to nine committees that planned a wide range of cultural, recreational, and even educational activities. People's Houses were only