Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party
Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | DEM Party (official in English) |
| Co-Leaders | Tülay Hatimoğulları Tuncer Bakırhan |
| Founded | 15 October 2023 |
| Preceded by | Green Left Party (de jure) Peoples' Democratic Party (de facto) |
| Headquarters | Atatürk Bulvarı No:88 Daire: 16 Çankaya – Ankara |
| Membership (2025) | 14,741 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| National affiliation | Peoples' Democratic Congress Labour and Freedom Alliance Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (associate member) |
| Colours | Green, Purple and Orange |
| Grand National Assembly | 56 / 600 |
| Metropolitan municipalities | 1 / 30 |
| Provinces | 3 / 51 |
| District municipalities | 50 / 922 |
| Belde Municipalities | 9 / 390 |
| Provincial councilors | 132 / 1,282 |
| Municipal Assemblies | 1,410 / 20,953 |
| Website | |
| demparti.org.tr | |
The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (Kurmanji Kurdish: Partiya Wekhevî û Demokrasiya Gelan; Turkish: Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi, abbreviated as DEM Party) is a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey. It is the legal successor of the Green Left Party and with the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) handing over its work to this party in 2023, it became the latest iteration of the Kurdish minority interests party in Turkey.
Similar to its predecessors, its adversaries accuse the party of being the political branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is internationally designated as a terrorist organization.