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.

The Rights and Freedoms Party (Kurdish: Partiya Maf û Azadiyan, Turkish: Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi, abbreviated HAK-PAR) is a Kurdish nationalist^[2] 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	2002 (2002)
Headquarters	Diyarbakır
Membership (2024)	1,604[1]
Ideology	Federalism Kurdish nationalism
Colours	Red, yellow & black
Website
www.hakpar.org.tr
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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.^[3]

In the local elections of 2014, the party won the municipal mayoralty in Konukbekler, Muş, attaining 43,846 votes.^[4] In the June 2015 general election, HAK-PAR participated for the first time in a general election, winning 58,698 votes.

List of Leaders

#	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

Elections

General elections

Election	Votes	Percentage	Seats
June 2015	58,716	%0.13	0 / 550
November 2015	110,161	%0.23[5]	0 / 550
2023	42,547	0.08%[6]	0 / 600

Local elections

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

1. "Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
2. "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)...
3. "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.
4. "Konukbekler Belediye Başkanlığını HAK-PAR Kazandı - Haber Diyarbakır". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
5. "TRT Seçim" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 November 2015.
6. "Partilerin Oy Oranı ve Tahmini Milletvekili Sayıları 14 Mayıs 2023 - Hangi Parti Ne Kadar Oy Aldı?" (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 May 2023.