Peace and Democracy Party (Turkey)

Bariş ve Demokrasi Partisi - BDP

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Flag of the BDP - Image by M. Schmöger, 1 March 2015

• Presentation of the BDP
• Flag of the BDP
• Democratic Regions Party (Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi - DBP)

See also:

• Turkey
• HDP (Political party, Turkey)

Presentation of the BDP

The BDP was founded in 2008 as successor to the DTP (Demokratik Toplum Partisi) and was the main Kurdish party in Turkey. Twenty-nine of its members were elected to the Parliament as independents in 2011. In spring 2014 most of its Members of Parliament switched to its "fraternal" party, the HDP (Halkların Demokratik Partisi). The remainder of the party changed name to DBP (Demokratik Bölgeler Partisi - Democratic Regions Party), that is only active on a local level.

M. Schmöger, 1 March 2015

Flag of the BDP

The main flag of the BDP (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo) is yellow with the party symbol in the centre. The symbol is a green oak combined with the party name and party abbreviation in red, enclosed by a (usually) red circle.
The party flag came in several different versions:

Vertical flags of the BDP - Images by M. Schmöger, 1 March 2015

- vertical flag: yellow with the symbol over the party abbreviation, one letter above the other; one version has the letters in black (photo, photo), the other in red (photo, photo, photo).

Hanging flags of the BDP - Images by M. Schmöger, 1 March 2015

- hanging flags (photo, photo, photo, photo), sometimes also used in rotated form, either yellow or red or green or (purplish) blue, with the symbol in the center. These are mostly used on long lines, alternating the four colours.

Hanging pennants of the BDP - Images by M. Schmöger, 1 March 2015

- hanging pennants (photo), either yellow or red or green or (purplish) blue, with the symbol in the center. These are mostly used on long lines, alternating the four colours.

Democratic Regions Party

Flag of the DBP, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by M. Schmöger, 6 April 2015

The flag of the DBP is green with the party's symbol, either as a horizontal flag (photo, photo) or as a vertical flag (photo, photo, photo). At least according to the photographs, the green background color seems to differ remarkably.

M. Schmöger, 6 April 2015

The flag is also used with yellow stars and inscription (photo).

Esteban Rivera & Tomislav Todorović, 17 June 2018