The Kurdish Freedom and Democracy Alliance (; ) is an alliance of Kurdish political parties in Turkey founded on 3 April 2023 ahead of the 2023 Turkish general election.
History On 3 April 2023, in Diyarbakir, nine Kurdish parties led by the Peoples' Democratic Party and the Green Left Party announced the creation of an alliance. The alliance called for voting for the Green Left Party in the parliamentary election, saying that "the 14 May 2023 elections are a historic opportunity to restore democracy in Turkey and resolve the Kurdish issue". The parties also called for the release of all political prisoners and called on the government to "end the isolation" of imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Öcalan and other political prisoners in Turkey.
Composition PartyAbbr.PresidentPositionSeats Peoples' Equality and Democracy PartyPartiya Wekhevî û Demokrasiya GelanDEM PartiTülay HatimoğullarıTuncer BakırhanCentre-left to left-wing Democratic Regions PartyPartiya Herêman a DemokratîkDBPÇiğdem Kılıçgün UçarKeskin BayındırLeft-wingPeoples' Democratic PartyPartiya Demokratîk a GelanHDPCentre-left to left-wingFreedom PartyAzadi PartisiPartiya AzadîAPAyetullah AşitiCentre-rightPeople and Freedom PartyPartiya Insan û AzadîPİAMehmet KamaçCentre-leftCommunist Party of KurdistanPartiya Komunistê KurdistanKKPSinan ÇiftyürekFar-leftSocialist Party of KurdistanPartiya Sosyalîst a KurdistanPSKBayram BozyelLeft-wingDemocratic Society CongressKongreya Civaka DemokratîkDTKLeyla GüvenBerdan ÖztürkLeft-wingRevolutionary Democratic Kurdish AssociationKomeleya Şoreşgerên Demokratên KurdDDKDAbdulhey OkumuşLeft-wing
See also Kurdish Political Movement in Turkey Labour and Freedom Alliance Peoples' Democratic Congress References