Rights and Freedoms Party

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.

Political party in Turkey

Rights and Freedoms Party

Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi
Partiya Maf û Azadiyan

Abbreviation| HAK-PAR
Leader| Düzgün Kaplan
Founder| Abdülmelik Fırat
Founded| 11 February 2002
Headquarters| Diyarbakır
Membership (2025)|  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

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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

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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

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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

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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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