Democratic Political Turning Point

Democratic Political Turning Point (DPK, Dutch: Democratisch Politiek Keerpunt) was a political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded by Hero Brinkman, an independent member of the House of Representatives, formerly a member of the Party for Freedom (PVV). After Brinkman left the Party for Freedom he founded the Independent Citizens' Party (OBP). On 9 June 2012, Brinkman announced that the Independent Citizens' Party was merging with the Proud of the Netherlands (TON) party to form a new party: Democratic Political Turning Point. The party participated in the Dutch general election of 2012, but did not win any seats.^[2][3] On 18 November 2012, TON reversed the merger and parted ways with Brinkman.^[4]

Democratic Political Turning Point Democratisch Politiek Keerpunt
Leader	Hero Brinkman
Chairman	Theo Reijnen (Ad interim)
Founder	Hero Brinkman
Founded	19 June 2012 (2012-06-19)
Dissolved	18 November 2012 (2012-11-18)
Merger of	Proud of the Netherlands, Independent Citizens' Party
Ideology	Conservative liberalism Classical liberalism Social conservatism Nationalism Soft Euroscepticism Populism[1]
Political position	Right-wing
Colours	Red, White, Blue & Orange
Politics of the Netherlands Political parties Elections