Kurdistan Laborers' Party Explained

Kurdistan Laborers' Party
Native Name:پارتی ڕەنجدەرانی کوردستان
Partî Rencderanî Kurdistan
Abbreviation:PRK
Leader:Bapîr Kamela
Foundation:1995
Ideology:Kurdish nationalism
Social democracy
Position:Centre-left
Seats1 Title:Council of Representatives of Iraq
Seats2 Title:Kurdistan Parliament
Colorcode:
  1. EB222A
Country:Iraq

The Kurdistan Laborers' Party (Kurdish: پارتی ڕەنجدەرانی کوردستان|Partî Rencderanî Kurdistan, abbreviated as PRK) is a political party in Kurdistan Region that was founded in 1995 as Kurdistan Workers' and Laborers' Party (Kurdish: پارتی کریکاران و ڕەنجدەرانی کوردستان|Partî Krêkaran û Rencderanî Kurdistan). The name and logo change happened some point after June 2021,[1] but it still regularly being referred to with the old name. The party's secretary is Bapîr Kamela.[2]

In 2017, the party merged with another small party called Kurdistan Masses Movement (Kurdish: بزووتنەوەی جەماوەری كوردستان|Bizûtineweyî Cemawerî Kurdistan), but the name Kurdistan Workers' and Laborers' Party and the leadership of Kamela was kept.[3]

On 7 October 2023, party leader Bapîr Kamela was part of a delegation from Kurdistan Region visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara.[4]

For the 2024 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, the party joined an electoral alliance together with the Democratic National Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Conservative Party. The alliance is called Serdem Coalition.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Staff member . نێچیرڤان بارزانی سەردانی پارتی کرێکارانی ڕەنجدەران و زەحمەتکێشان دەکات . 3 April 2024 . Xendan . 29 June 2021.
  2. News: Staff member . محه‌مه‌د حاجی مه‌حمود په‌یامێكی پیرۆزبایی ئاراسته‌ی باپیر كامه‌لا ده‌كات . 1 April 2024 . Jamawar News . 3 March 2022.
  3. News: Staff member . دوو حزبی كوردستان یەك دەگرن . 3 April 2024 . Wishe . 20 February 2017.
  4. News: Ozêrî . Ziya . ئەردۆغان لەگەڵ شاندێکی لایەنە سیاسییەکانی هەرێمی کوردستان و عێراق کۆبووەوە . 1 April 2024 . Kurdistan24 . 7 October 2023.
  5. News: Staff member . حزبێكی نوێیان تۆماركرد بۆ بەشداری لە هەڵبژاردن بەناوی "هەڵوێستی نیشتمانی" . 24 March 2024 . Draw Media . 14 March 2024.