Rights and Freedoms Party

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.

Rights and Freedoms Party

Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi
Partiya Maf û Azadiyan
AbbreviationHAK-PAR
LeaderRefik Karakoç
FounderAbdülmelik Fırat
Founded2002 (2002)
HeadquartersDiyarbakır
Membership (2021) 1,301[1]
IdeologyFederalism
Kurdish nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing
Colours   
Red, yellow & black
Website
www.hakpar.org.tr

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

# Name Term starts Term ends
1Abdülmelik Fırat20022006
2Sertaç Bucak20062008
3Bayram Bozyel20082012
4Kemal Burkay20122014
5Fehmi Demir20142015
6Refik Karakoç2016

Elections

General elections

ElectionVotesPercentageSeats
June 201558.716%0,13
0 / 550
November 2015110.161%0,23[5]
0 / 550

Local elections

Election Votes Percentage Municipalities
200929.392%0,070
201443.846%0,091

References

  1. "Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi" (in Turkish). Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  2. "HAK-PAR leader's funeral brings Kurdish leaders together". Rudaw. Retrieved 2 November 2015. ...the chairman of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Rights and Freedoms Party (HAK-PAR)...
  3. "Hak-Par leader Fehmi Demir dies in traffic accident". Today's Zaman. 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. http://www.haberdiyarbakir.com/konukbekler-belediye-baskanligini-hak-par-kazandi-62777h/
  5. "TRT Seçim" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 November 2015.
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