Freedom and Socialism Party
The Freedom and Socialism Party (Turkish: Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi, ÖSP) is a Kurdish-based democratic socialist and federalist political party in Turkey. The party mentioned as Partiya Azadî û Sosyalîzmê in Kurdish.
Freedom and Socialism Party Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi | |
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Abbreviation | ÖSP[1] |
Chairman | Sinan Çiftyürek[2] |
Founded | 21 December 2011 |
Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
Membership (2021) | ![]() |
Ideology | Democratic socialism Marxism Pro-Kurdish federalism Anti-imperialism |
Political position | Far-left |
Website | |
www.OSP.org.tr | |
Development
Communist Party of Kurdistan cadres including Sinan Çiftyürek and Mehmet Akyol announced the founding of a new frame for a legal party named Mesopotamia Socialist Party (Mezopotamya Sosyalist Partisi) after a November 2003 meeting in Gaziantep.[4][5] The initiative for Mesopotamia Socialist Party merged with the Socialist Party Founders Committee, another faction of Kurdish socialists in October 2010.[6][7] The new group was named the Freedom and Socialism Party and it was officially founded on 19 December 2011 with Çiftyürek as the chairman.[8]
Ideology
Founder and chairman Sinan Çiftyürek describes the Freedom and Socialist Party as "a workers' party with a socialist line" and with no particular ethnic emphasis albeit its Kurdish background.[8] The party propagates a federation of Turkish and Kurdish peoples "on a condition of equality".[8]
References
- "Parti tüzüğü" (PDF) (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- "Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi" (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- "Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi" (in Turkish). Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- Sosyalist Mezopotamya Archived 2014-03-04 at the Wayback Machine December 2003
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