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,
Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (, TİİKP) was a Maoist communist party in Turkey. TİİKP was founded in 1969 by the "Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık" ("Proletarian Revolutionary Enlightenment") group that had broken away from DEV-GENÇ ("Revolutionary Youth"). The chairman of TİİKP was Doğu Perinçek. TİİKP was an illegal party. The central publications of the party were "Proleter Devrimci Aydınlık" and "Şafak" ("Dawn"). In 1972, İbrahim Kaypakkaya and others broke with TİİKP and formed Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist ("Communist Party of Turkey (Marxist-Leninist)"). In 1978, TİİKP was succeeded by Türkiye İşçi Köylü Partisi ("Workers'