Democratic Regions Party

The Democratic Regions Party (Turkish: Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi, DBP, Kurdish: Partiya Herêman a Demokratîk, PHD) is a Kurdish political party in the Republic of Turkey. The pro-minority rights Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) acts as the fraternal party to DBP.

Democratic Regions Party Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi Partiya Herêman a Demokratîk
Abbreviation	DBP
Leader	Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar Keskin Bayındır [tr] (co-chair)
Founded	2 May 2008 (as Peace and Democracy Party) 11 July 2014 (rebranding)
Preceded by	Peace and Democracy Party
Headquarters	Barış Manço Cad. 32. Sk. No:37, Balgat – Ankara, Turkey
Membership (2025)	6,691[1]
Ideology	Kurdish nationalism[2] Secularism Social democracy Democratic socialism Regionalism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Peoples' Democratic Congress Labour and Freedom Alliance Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance
Colors	Green, Red and Yellow
Grand National Assembly	2 / 600
Politics of Turkey Political parties Elections

Development

After the 2014 municipal elections, Peoples' Democratic Party and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) were re-organised in a joint structure. On 28 April 2014, the entire parliamentary caucus of BDP joined HDP, whereas BDP was assigned exclusively to representatives on the local administration level.^[3][4] The BDP has been said to be more hardline, arguably with closer PKK links, than its parent HDP.^[5]

At the 3rd Congress of BDP on 11 July 2014, the name of the party was changed to the Democratic Regions Party and a new structure restricting the activities on the local/regional government level was adopted.^[6]

On 30 November 2019, Saliha Aydeniz became the Co-Chair of the party.^[7]

On November 12, 2023, Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar and Keskin Bayındır were elected as the new co-Chairpersons of the Democratic Regions Party.^[8]