Democrat Party of Kurdistan/North

Democrat Party of Kurdistan/North

Democrat Party of Kurdistan/North, "Kürdistan Demokrat Partisi/Kuzey" in Turkish and "Partiya Demokrat a Kürdistan/Bakur" (PDK/Bakur) in Kurdish is an illegal political party active in Turkey. The aim of the party is to create an independent state for Kurdish people. Unlike PKK/KONGRA-GEL and "Kürdistan Devrim Partisi", two other illegal organisation with similar aims, PDK/Bakur does not follow Marxist-Leninist principles and has a conservative agenda.

History

PDK/Bakur was founded in September 1992 by the merger of "Ala Rızgari Birlik Platformu", "Ulusal Birlik Platformu" ("Bergeh"), some groups that had separated from "Rızgari" and some independents through a Congress of Union. Its original name was "Hevgırtın-PDK". The party was the successor of "Türkiye Kürdistanı Demokrat Partisi" (Democratic Party of Turkish Kurdistan)

In the Second Congress convened in November 1994 the party changed its name to PDK/Bakur taking into consideration the geographical scope of its activities [Kurdish Library. 2000. KÜRDİSTAN DEMOKRAT PARTİSİ / KUZEY (PDK/Bakur) POLİTİK PROGRAMIhttp://www.kurdishlibrary.org/kurdish_library/SvenskaKB/Organisations_SWE/PDKB_Tur.html] suggesting that southeastern Turkey is northern Kurdistan.

Doctrine

According to its program PDK/Bakur is a "national salvation" party. It has a national democratic character and therefore is open to different views. All points of view that are not fascist, racist, against equality of men and women, brotherhood of peoples and peace can be advanced within the party.

The party refuses the separation of Kurdish nation between different nation-states and renders illegimate all international arrangements that support this status quo. It states that it aims to create a parliamentary democracy in the part of Kurdistan that lies within Republic of Turkey, make Kurdish people enjoy all rights bestowed on them by international law and create the conditions for a self-determination [Kurdish Library. 2000. KÜRDİSTAN DEMOKRAT PARTİSİ / KUZEY (PDK/Bakur) POLİTİK PROGRAMIhttp://www.kurdishlibrary.org/kurdish_library/SvenskaKB/Organisations_SWE/PDKB_Tur.html] .

Designation as a Terrorist Organisation

According to the Counter-Terrorism and Operations Department of Directorate General for Security (Turkish police) it is one of the 12 active terrorist organisations in Turkey and one of the three Kurdish separatist organisations. The list refers to the organisation as "Kürdistan Demokrat Partisi/Bakur" [TÜRKİYE'DE HALEN FAALİYETLERİNE DEVAM EDEN BAŞLICA TERÖR ÖRGÜTLERİ: http://www.egm.gov.tr/temuh/terorgrup1.html] .

References

External Links

* [http://www.pdk-bakur.com Official website]

ee Also

* List of political parties in Turkey
* Communist Party of Turkey for a list of communist parties in Turkey


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