Free Cause Party

The Free Cause Party (Turkish: Hür Dava Partisi, abbreviated as HÜDA PAR, Kurdish: Partiya Doza Azadî) is Sunni Kurdish Islamist political party in Turkey. The party is closely affiliated with the Kurdish Hezbollah, a Kurdish Islamist militant organization designated as a terrorist organization by the Turkish government.

Free Cause Party
Hür Dava Partisi
AbbreviationHÜDA PAR
LeaderZekeriya Yapıcıoğlu
Founded17 December 2012
HeadquartersEhl-i Beyt Mah. Ceyhun Atıf Kansu Cad. Nehir Apt. No: 117-5 Balgat, Çankaya, Ankara
Military wingKurdish Hezbollah (unofficial)[1]
Membership (2023)Increase 11,589[2]
Ideology
Political positionFar-right
ReligionSunni Islam
National affiliationPeople's Alliance[10]
ColoursGreen, yellow, and white
Grand National Assembly
0 / 600
Metropolitan municipalities
0 / 30
District municipalities
1 / 1,351
Provincial councillors
0 / 1,251
Municipal Assemblies
3 / 20,498
Website
hudapar.org

History

Roots

Following the decision to end armed struggle in 2002, activists of the Hizbullah's Menzil group founded an association called "Solidarity with the Oppressed" (Turkish: Mustazaflar ile Dayanışma Derneği or short Mustazaf Der) in 2003.[11] It also became known as the Movement of the Oppressed (Turkish: Mustazaflar Hareketi). On 18 April 2010 Mustazaf Der organized a mass meeting in Diyarbakır to celebrate the anniversary of the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s birthday (known as Mawlid). The Turkish police estimated that the event was attended by 2 million people. The organizers put the figure at over 2.5 million people.[12]

On 20 April 2010 a court in Diyarbakır ordered the closure of the Association for the Oppressed (Mustazaf-Der) on the grounds that it was “conducting activities on behalf of the terrorist organization Hizbollah.”[12] The decision was confirmed by the Court of Cassation on 11 May 2012.[13]

In late 2012, the Movement of the Oppressed announced its will to found a political party, basically to challenge the hegemony of the left-wing and Kurdish nationalist Peace and Democracy Party.[14] On 17 December 2012, the Free Cause Party (Hür Dava Partisi) was founded.[15] On 9 January 2013 the general headquarters in Ankara was opened.[16]

Societies affiliated with HÜDA PAR operate under the umbrella organisation Lovers of Prophet (Turkish: Peygamber Sevdalıları, Kurdish: Evindarên Pêyxamber) particularly active in Kurdish Mawlid meetings.[17]

The party joined the People's Alliance in 2023.[18]

Ideology and policies

Hüda-Par calls for the constitutional recognition of the Kurds and Kurdish language, mother tongue education, the end to the 10 percent election threshold, and the decentralization of state power and strengthening of local administration.[19] The party also advocates for restrictions on the freedom of religion and worship to be lifted, the headscarf ban ended, wants adultery criminalized, and religious marriages to be recognized.[20] Moreover, the party demands that the Turkish state apologizes to Kurds and reinstate the original names of Kurdish-populated places.[21] The party has largely been silent on the question of Kurdish autonomy or independence from Turkey.[22] The party is additionally opposed to LGBT rights.[23][24] The party is closely affiliated with the Kurdish Hezbollah, a Kurdish Islamist militant organization designated as a terrorist organization by the Turkish government.[25][26][27]

Elections

The party supported Erdoğan in the 2018 presidential elections and will be supporting him again in 2023.[28][29] Since their creation in 2012, HÜDA PAR has contested the two parliamentary elections of June 2015 and 2018, while chose not to run for the November 2015 elections.[30] The party will enter the 2023 Turkish general election from AK Party lists.[18]

Election results
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Election Leader Votes Seats Government
#  % Rank # ±
June 2015 Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu 70,121[31][32] 0.16% 11 – Extra-parliamentary
2018 Mehmet Yavuz 155,539 0.31% 7th – Extra-parliamentary
2023 Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu TBD TDB TBD TBD TBD TBD

Provincial results (2015 and 2018)
Results
Votes obtained by Hüda-Par in the general elections of 2015 and 2018 by province[32]
Province2015Percent2018Percent
Adana3,1180.3%6,9920.5%
Adıyaman——4,2491.3%
Afyon——9770.2%
Ağrı——1,7310.8%
Aksaray——6390.3%
Amasya——3590.2%
Ankara——3,7240.1%
Antalya——3,1310.2%
Ardahan——2030.4%
Artvin——3250.3%
Aydın——1,7950.3%
Balıkesir——1,5000.2%
Bartın——3450.3%
Batman14,5515.5%15,9985.6%
Bayburt——770.2%
Bilecik——4540.3%
Bingöl5,4244.2%6,2964.5%
Bitlis1,7091.1%1,8091.1%
Bolu——3740.2%
Burdur——5640.3%
Bursa——4,4260.1%
Çanakkale——6990.2%
Çankırı——2030.2%
Çorum——6200.2%
Denizli——1,7140.3%
Diyarbakır27,5373.4%35,2394.3%
Düzce——3030.1%
Edirne——6070.2%
Elazığ——5,1971.5%
Erzincan——1380.1%
Erzurum——8330.2%
Eskişehir——7580.1%
Gaziantep——8,7030.9%
Giresun——8020.3%
Gümüşhane——2200.3%
Hakkari——7920.6%
Hatay——1,5110.2%
Iğdır——1980.2%
Isparta——7100.3%
Istanbul——16,6000.1%
Izmir——4,7250.1%
Kahramanmaraş——1,5310.2%
Karabük——3230.2%
Karaman——3560.2%
Kars——4240.3%
Kastamonu——7270.3%
Kayseri——1,4790.2%
Kırıkkale——2920.2%
Kırklareli——3580.1%
Kırşehir——2540.2%
Kilis——1770.2%
Kocaeli——1,8430.2%
Konya——2,7870.2%
Kütahya——8110.2%
Malatya——1,6190.3%
Manisa——2,5450.3%
Mardin5,3121.4%8,2532.1%
Mersin——4,4860.4%
Muğla——1,3780.2%
Muş——2,7841.5%
Nevşehir——5510.3%
Niğde——4430.2%
Ordu——1,2440.3%
Osmaniye——1,1570.4%
Rize——2280.1%
Sakarya——8560.1%
Samsun——1,2180.1%
Siirt——1,7761.2%
Sinop——4440.3%
Sivas——5320.1%
Şanlıurfa6,5510.9%13,4951.6%
Şırnak2,8261.3%4,8472.1%
Tekirdağ——9040.1%
Tokat——6150.2%
Trabzon——6150.1%
Tunceli——570.1%
Uşak——6040.3%
Van3,0930.6%4,7530.9%
Yalova——2860.2%
Yozgat——4430.2%
Zonguldak——8150.2%

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