User:Dddefne/sandbox

Political Involvement of Kurds in Turkey

For a long time after the founding of the Turkish Republic and the switch to the parliamentary regime, Kurdish political parties did not exist. After the switch to the multiparty era in 1945 and the beginning of contestation from the Kurdish activist groups against state oppression, a legal and recognized Kurdish party did not come into the political arena until 1990 with the establishment of HEP. This section provides information pertaining to the political involvement of Kurds via democratic channels in the Turkish politics, and the lack thereof.