Freedom and Socialism Party

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Freedom and Socialism Party
Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi
AbbreviationÖSP[1]
ChairmanSinan Çiftyürek[2]
Founded21 December 2011 (2011-12-21)
HeadquartersAnkara, Turkey
Membership (2024)Steady 99[3]
IdeologySocialism[4]
Democratic socialism
Marxism
Pro-Kurdish federalism
Anti-imperialism
Political positionFar-left
Colors    Yellow, Red and Black

The Freedom and Socialism Party (Turkish: Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi, ÖSP) is a Kurdish-based democratic socialist and federalist political party in Turkey. The party mentioned as Partiya Azadî û Sosyalîzmê in Kurdish.

Development

Communist Party of Kurdistan cadres including Sinan Çiftyürek and Mehmet Akyol announced the founding of a new frame for a legal party named Mesopotamia Socialist Party (Mezopotamya Sosyalist Partisi) after a November 2003 meeting in Gaziantep.[5][6] The initiative for Mesopotamia Socialist Party merged with the Socialist Party Founders Committee, another faction of Kurdish socialists in October 2010.[7][8] The new group was named the Freedom and Socialism Party and it was officially founded on 19 December 2011 with Çiftyürek as the chairman.[9]

Ideology

Founder and chairman Sinan Çiftyürek describes the Freedom and Socialist Party as "a workers' party with a socialist line" and with no particular ethnic emphasis albeit its Kurdish background.[9] The party propagates a federation of Turkish and Kurdish peoples "on a condition of equality".[9]

References

  1. ^ "Parti tüzüğü" (PDF) (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi" (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  4. ^ "Parti Programı". Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ^ Sosyalist Mezopotamya Archived 2014-03-04 at the Wayback Machine December 2003
  6. ^ TEVKURD ve son gelişmeler üzerine
  7. ^ Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi için ortak karar
  8. ^ Kürt Sosyalistleri “Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi” Kurma Kararı Aldı
  9. ^ a b c Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi Kuruldu