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The Democratic People's Party (Demokratik Halk Partisi, DEHAP) was a left-wing, pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey. DEHAP was founded October 24, 1997. It is the continuation of the People's Democratic Party (Halkın Demokrasi Partisi, HADEP), which was banned by the Constitutional Court. In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... The Kurds are an Iranian people (a classification that is more linguistic than ethnic in the case of some Kurds) inhabiting a mountainous area of Southwest Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Turkey, and Iran as well as smaller sections of Syria, Armenia and Lebanon. ... A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

At the last legislative elections on the third of November 2002, the party won 6.2% of the popular vote but no seats. A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Elections in Turkey gives information on election and election results in Turkey. ...

On August 17, 2005 DEHAP announced its merger into the Democratic Society Movement (DTH) led by Leyla Zana. August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leyla Zana Leyla Zana is a female Kurdish human-rights activist in Turkey, who was imprisoned for speaking Kurdish in the Turkish parliament. ...

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