Country of origin information report Turkey March 2007

Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi (HAK-PAR) (Rights and Freedoms Party)

Founded February 2002. A central issue in its manifesto aim of establishing democracy in Turkey is the resolution of the Kurdish question. Chairman Abdulmelik Firat. [36i] [74] [71a]

Işçi Partisi (IP) (Workers’ Party)

www.ip.org.tr

Founded 1992. Maoist, nationalist. Chair. Doğu Perinçek. [1a]

Komünist Parti (Communist Party)

Founded July 2000. Chairman: Yalçın Cerit. [36i]

Kurtuluş Huzur Partisi (Liberation Tranquillity Party)

Founded February 1999. Chairman: Hacer Söğütdelen. [36i]

Liberal Demokratik Parti (LDP) (Liberal Democratic Party)

Founded 1994. Observer member of Liberal International. Chairman: Emin Şirin [1a] [36i]

Millet Partisi (MP) (Nation Party). Founded 1992, as successor to the centre-right Reformist Democracy Party (IDP), itself descended from the original MP. Chair Aykut Edibali. [1a]