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    Rights and Freedoms Party

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    This article is about the political party in Turkey. For the Italian former political party, see Rights and Freedom. For the political party in Bulgaria, see Movement for Rights and Freedoms.
    Rights and Freedoms Party
    Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi
    Partiya Maf û Azadiyan
    AbbreviationHAK-PAR
    LeaderDüzgün Kaplan
    FounderAbdülmelik Fırat
    Founded11 February 2002
    HeadquartersDiyarbakır
    Membership (2025)Decrease 1,593[1]
    Ideology
      • Kurdish nationalism[2][3]
      • Federalism[2]
      • Pluralist democracy[2]
      • Equalitarianism[2]
      • Libertarianism[2]
      • Solidarism[2]
      • Participatory democracy[2]
      • Decentralization[2]
      • Progressivism[2]
      • Environmentalism[2]
      • Secularism[2]
      • Pro-Europeanism[2]
    Colours   
    Red, yellow & black
    Website
    www.hakpar.org.tr
    • Politics of Turkey
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    The Rights and Freedoms Party (Kurdish: Partiya Maf û Azadiyan, Turkish: Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi, abbreviated HAK-PAR) is a Kurdish nationalist[3] political party in Turkey.

    Advocating federalism as a means of increasing Kurdish autonomy in the south-east of the country, the party split from the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) in 2002. The party's head office is in Diyarbakır. Until his death in October 2015, the party was headed by Fehmi Demir.[4]

    In the local elections of 2014, the party won the municipal mayoralty in Konukbekler, Muş, attaining 43,846 votes.[5] In the June 2015 general election, HAK-PAR participated for the first time in a general election, winning 58,698 votes.

    List of Leaders

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    # Name Term starts Term ends
    1 Abdülmelik Fırat 2002 2006
    2 Sertaç Bucak 2006 2008
    3 Bayram Bozyel 2008 2012
    4 Kemal Burkay 2012 2014
    5 Fehmi Demir 2014 2015
    6 Refik Karakoç 2016 2019
    7 Abdullatif Epözdemir 2019 2022
    8 Düzgün Kaplan 2022 Incumbent

    Elections

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    General elections

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    Election Votes Percentage Seats
    June 2015 58,716 %0.13
    0 / 550
    November 2015 110,161 %0.23[6]
    0 / 550
    2023 42,547 0.08%[7]
    0 / 600

    Local elections

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    Election Votes Percentage Municipalities
    2009 29,392 0.07% 0
    2014 43,846 0,09% 1
    2019 Not eligible to contest
    2024 32,633 0,07% 0

    References

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    1. ^ "Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
    2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Rosin, Hejar (17 May 2020). "Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi Programı". hakpar.org.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
    3. ^ a b "HAK-PAR leader's funeral brings Kurdish leaders together". Rudaw. Retrieved 2 November 2015. ...the chairman of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Rights and Freedoms Party (HAK-PAR)...
    4. ^ "Hak-Par leader Fehmi Demir dies in traffic accident". Today's Zaman. 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
    5. ^ "Konukbekler Belediye Başkanlığını HAK-PAR Kazandı - Haber Diyarbakır". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
    6. ^ "TRT Seçim" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 November 2015.
    7. ^ "Partilerin Oy Oranı ve Tahmini Milletvekili Sayıları 14 Mayıs 2023 - Hangi Parti Ne Kadar Oy Aldı?" (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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