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,
Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist Istanbul. One MHP member was killed and three injured. The attack was vengeance for the killing of two TKEP/L prisoners. TKEP/L has an organization inside the Turkish prisons, and TKEP/L prisoners have taken part in death fasts mobilized by various revolutionary groups. The youth wing of TKEP/L is called 13 March Young Communist League ("13 Mart Genç Komünistler Birliği"). Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist (in Turkish: "Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi/Leninist") is an illegal communist party in Turkey. TKEP/L was founded on September 1, 1990, following a split in the Communist Labour Party of Turkey (TKEP).