Freedom and Socialism Party
Freedom and Socialism Party Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi | |
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| Abbreviation | ÖSP[1] |
| Chairman | Sinan Çiftyürek[2] |
| Founded | 21 December 2011 |
| Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
| Membership (2024) |  99[3] |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Marxism Pro-Kurdish federalism Anti-imperialism |
| Political position | Far-left |
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
[edit]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.[4][5] The initiative for Mesopotamia Socialist Party merged with the Socialist Party Founders Committee, another faction of Kurdish socialists in October 2010.[6][7] The new group was named the Freedom and Socialism Party and it was officially founded on 19 December 2011 with Çiftyürek as the chairman.[8]
Ideology
[edit]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.[8] The party propagates a federation of Turkish and Kurdish peoples "on a condition of equality".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Parti tüzüğü" (PDF) (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi" (in Turkish). T.C. Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ Sosyalist Mezopotamya Archived 2014-03-04 at the Wayback Machine December 2003
- ^ TEVKURD ve son gelişmeler üzerine
- ^ Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi için ortak karar
- ^ Kürt Sosyalistleri “Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi” Kurma Kararı Aldı
- ^ a b c Özgürlük ve Sosyalizm Partisi Kuruldu
- 2011 establishments in Turkey
- Anti-imperialist organizations
- Democratic socialist parties in Asia
- Democratic socialist parties in Europe
- Far-left politics in Turkey
- Federalist parties
- Kurdish political parties in Turkey
- Marxist parties in Turkey
- Political parties established in 2011
- Political parties in Turkey
- Socialist parties in Turkey