Freedom and Democracy Party

Freedom and Democracy Party (Turkish: Özgürlük ve Demokrasi Partisi, ÖZDEP) was a pro-Kurdish rights party in Turkey. The party was created in October 1992 after the People's Labor Party (HEP) was banned.^[1] Four months after its formation, ÖZDEP was banned by the constitutional court of Turkey on charges of supporting self-determination and for conducting bureaucratic services in the Kurdish language.^[2][3] In an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, Turkey was ordered to pay compensation for the closure of the party in December 1999.^[4]

Freedom and Democracy Party Kurdish: Turkish: Özgürlük ve Demokrasi Partisi, ÖZDEP
Leader	Mevlüt İlik
Founded	October 19, 1992 (1992-10-19)
Banned	November 23, 1993 (1993-11-23)
Preceded by	People's Labor Party
Succeeded by	Democracy Party
Ideology	Social democracy Kurdish nationalism
Political position	Centre-left
Politics of Turkey Political parties Elections

See also

• Racism in Turkey
• Kurds in Turkey
• Human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey