Participatory Democracy Party

Participatory Democracy Party (Turkish: Katılımcı Demokrasi Partisi, KADEP) is a pro-Kurdish rights party in Turkey. The party was created in 2006 by Şerafettin Elçi, the former Minister of Public Works.^[1][2][3][4]

Participatory Democracy Party Kurdish: Turkish: Katılımcı Demokrasi Partisi, KADEP
Leader	Lütfi Baksi
Founder	Şerafettin Elçi
Founded	December 19, 2006 (2006-12-19)
Dissolved	May 27, 2019
Split from	Democratic People's Party
Merged into	Turkey Kurdistan Democratic Party
Ideology	Social democracy Kurdish nationalism
Political position	Centre-left
Politics of Turkey Political parties Elections

In the 2011 Turkish general election, Elçi run with the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Bloc; it was elected in the Diyarbakır Province.

On May 27 2019, party merged into Turkey Kurdistan Democratic Party.

See also

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