Peace and Democracy Party

Peace and Democracy Party
Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi
Partiya Aştî û Demokrasiyê
LeaderSelahattin Demirtaş
Gültan Kışanak
Founded3 May 2008
Dissolved11 July 2014
Preceded byDemocratic Society Party
Succeeded byPeoples' Democratic Party
Democratic Regions Party
HeadquartersAnkara, Turkey
IdeologyKurdish minority rights
Emancipation of women
Kurdish nationalism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
National affiliationLabour, Democracy and Freedom Bloc
European affiliationParty of European Socialists (observer)
International affiliationSocialist International (consultative)

The Peace and Democracy Party (Turkish: Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi, Kurdish: Partiya Aştî û Demokrasiyê, BDP) was a Kurdish political party in Turkey existing from 2008 to 2014.

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