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Movement for Social Democracy
Leader	Yannakis Omirou
Founded	1970
Headquarters	Nicosia, Cyprus
Political ideology	Socialist (centre-left)
International affiliation	Socialist International
Website	http://www.edek.org.cy//

The Movement for Social Democracy (Greek: Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών) is a social-democratic political party in Cyprus. It is led by Yannakis Omirou. Politics of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is head of state and the Prime Minister head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... District Nicosia Government  - Mayor Eleni Mavrou, Cemal Bulutogullari (North side) Population (2001)  - City 206,200 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website: http://www. ... The official symbol of Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of social democratic, labor, and democratic socialist political parties. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... // Political scientists have developed concepts of different ideal types of political parties in order to better compare them with each other. ...

In the 2001 general elections it won 6.5% of the votes case and 4 of the 56 seats in the House of Representatives of Cyprus. In the elections of 21 May 2006, the party won 8.9 % and 5 out of 56 seats. It is a member of the Party of European Socialists. 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The House of Representatives (Vouli Antiprosópon/Temsilciler Meclisi) is the parliament of Cyprus. ... The 2006 legislative election in Cyprus will take place on 21 May. ... The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a European political party whose members are 33 social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well as Norway. ...

The party was founded by Dr Vasos Lyssaridis in 1970 with the name EDEK. Members were drawn from the committee for re-establishment of democracy in Greece, and fighters from Lyssaridis's group during the 1964 clashes between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. The party supported president Makarios III and a lot of its members were part of the armed resistance to the 15th July 1974 coup against him. The leader of the youth section of the party, Doros Loizou, was shot and killed in an attempt to murder Lyssaridis himself in August 1974. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Turkish Cypriots are those inhabitants of Cyprus who are ethnically Turkish[1], as opposed to those who are of Greek (the Greek Cypriots) or other ethnicities. ... Makarios (born Mihalis Christodoulou Mouskos, August 13, 1913—August 3, 1977) was archbishop and primate of the autocephalous Cypriot Orthodox Church (1950-1977) and first President of the Republic of Cyprus (1960-1977). ... (Redirected from 15th July) July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Several members of the party's youth section (EDEN) with trotskyist tendencies were expelled between 1979-1984 and formed Aristeri Pteryga (Left Wing). Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

• Official web site