Freedom and Democracy Party (Turkish: Özgürlük ve Demokrasi Partisi, ÖZDEP) was a pro-Kurdish rights party in Turkey. The party was created in October 1992 after the

People's Labor Party The People's Labour Party (, HEP), sometimes translated as the People's Work Party, was a pro- Kurdish political party in Turkey. History It was founded on 7 June 1990 by seven members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly expelled from the ...

(HEP) was banned. Four months after its formation, ÖZDEP was banned by the constitutional court of Turkey on charges of supporting

self-determination Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage. Self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international la ...

and for conducting bureaucratic services in the Kurdish language. In an appeal to the

European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court hears applications alleging that a co ...

, Turkey was ordered to pay compensation for the closure of the party in December 1999.

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{{Historical parties in Turkey Kurdish nationalist political parties Social democratic parties in Kurdistan Banned Kurdish parties in Turkey Banned socialist parties Political parties established in 1992 Political parties disestablished in 1993 Regionalist parties HEP tradition

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