Rights and Freedoms Party explained

Rights and Freedoms Party
Native Name:Turkish: Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi
Kurdish: Partiya Maf û Azadiyan
Abbreviation:HAK-PAR
Leader:Düzgün Kaplan
Founder:Abdülmelik Fırat
Headquarters:Diyarbakır
Ideology:Federalism
Kurdish nationalism
Membership: 1,604[1]
Membership Year:2024
Colours:
Red, yellow & black
Country:Turkey

The Rights and Freedoms Party (Kurdish: Partiya Maf û Azadiyan, Turkish: Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi, abbreviated HAK-PAR) is a Kurdish nationalist[2] political party in Turkey.

Advocating federalism as a means of increasing Kurdish autonomy in the south-east of the country, the party split from the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) in 2002. The party's head office is in Diyarbakır. Until his death in October 2015, the party was headed by Fehmi Demir.[3]

In the local elections of 2014, the party won the municipal mayoralty in Konukbekler, Muş, attaining 43,846 votes.[4] In the June 2015 general election, HAK-PAR participated for the first time in a general election, winning 58,698 votes.

List of Leaders

NameTerm startsTerm ends
1 2002 2006
2 2006 2008
3 2008 2012
4 2012 2014
5 2014 2015
6 2016

Elections

General elections

Election Votes Percentage Seats
58.716 %0.13
110.161 %0.23[5]
202342.5470.08%[6]

Local elections

Election
29.392 %0,07 0
43.846 %0,09 1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi. Court of Cassation. 11 March 2023. tr. mdy-all.
  2. Web site: HAK-PAR leader's funeral brings Kurdish leaders together. Rudaw. 2 November 2015. ...the chairman of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Rights and Freedoms Party (HAK-PAR)....
  3. News: Hak-Par leader Fehmi Demir dies in traffic accident . . 26 October 2015 . 26 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151026150346/http://www.todayszaman.com/national_hak-par-leader-fehmi-demir-dies-in-traffic-accident_402503.html . 26 October 2015 .
  4. Web site: Konukbekler Belediye Başkanlığını HAK-PAR Kazandı - Haber Diyarbakır . 2015-02-15 . 2015-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215221542/http://www.haberdiyarbakir.com/konukbekler-belediye-baskanligini-hak-par-kazandi-62777h/ . dead .
  5. Web site: TRT Seçim. 2 November 2015. tr.
  6. Web site: Partilerin Oy Oranı ve Tahmini Milletvekili Sayıları 14 Mayıs 2023 - Hangi Parti Ne Kadar Oy Aldı? . 15 May 2023 . tr.