Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace
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Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace Κόμμα Ισότητας, Ειρήνης και Φιλίας Dostluk-Eşitlik-Barış Partisi | |
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Leader | Cigdem Asafoglou[1] |
Founder | Sadik Achmet |
Founded | 13 September 1991 |
Preceded by | Independent Muslim List |
Ideology | Turkish minority interests Muslim minority politics Social liberalism |
Political position | Centre |
European affiliation | European Free Alliance (observer) |
Website | |
http://www.debpartisi.org | |
The Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace (Greek: Κόμμα Ισότητας, Ειρήνης και Φιλίας, abbr. Κ.Ι.Ε.Φ., KIEF; Turkish: Dostluk-Eşitlik-Barış Partisi, DEBP) is a Greek political party founded to represent the interests of native Muslims of Greece. The recognised Muslim minority in Greece consists mainly of Pomaks, Muslims of Turkish and Bulgarian origin, and Roma.
Overview
The party was created on 13 September 1991 by
The 5th Ordinary General Congress of the party took place on 5 January 2019 at the Party Headquarters. Tsidem Asafoglou, the only candidate in the congress that took place in the party's headquarters, was elected as the new party president.[4]
Notable members
- Sadik Achmet
- Xasan Patsaman
- Ismail Molla
- Achmet Faikoglou
- Achmet Chatziosman
- Tsetin Mantatzi
- Galip Galip
- Isik Achmet
- Moustafa Mposnak
- Moustafa Ali Tsavous
Electoral results
Hellenic Parliament
Results, 1996–2012 | |||||||
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Year | Votes | % | Mandates | ||||
1996 | supported
PASOK |
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1
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2000 | –
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2
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2004 | supported ND
|
–
|
1
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2007 | supported
PASOK |
–
|
2
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2009 | –
|
2
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2012 | supported DISY
|
–
|
–
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2012 | supported DIMAR
|
–
|
–
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2019 | supported
SYRIZA |
–
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–
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European Parliament
European Parliament | |||||||
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Election | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Leader |
2014 | 41,433 | 0.75% | New | 0 / 21
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New | #16 | Moustafa Ali Tsavous |
2019 | 40,245 | 0.71% | 0.04 | 0 / 21
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#18 | Tsidem Asafoglou |
Although unable to send MEPs due to 3% national threshold, DEB emerged as the first party in Xanthi and Rhodope regional units in both 2014 and 2019 European elections, drawing attention. In 2019 elections, DEB received 38% of the votes in Xanthi regional unit and 25.24% of the votes in Rhodope regional unit.[5] DEB also received 1.30% of the votes in Evros regional unit. While in the overall region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, the party came in as the 3rd biggest party after top 2 national parties New Democracy and Syriza. Other regions outside Eastern Macedonia and Thrace where votes were cast for DEB were listed as Dodecanese, Thessaloniki, and Athens.
Other Turkish minority parties in South-Eastern Europe
- Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Bulgaria)
- Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (Kosovo)
- Republic of North Macedonia)
- Democratic Turkish Union of Romania (Romania)
References
- ^ "Fep Party Ordinary Congress Has Been Organised".
- ^ (in Turkish) Dostluk-Eşitlik-Barış Partisi’nde yeni dönem Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine, Millet (Xanthi), July 15, 2010
- ^ (in Greek) ΟΣΜΑΝ ΑΧΜΕΤ ΧΑΤΖΗ, ΒΟΥΛΕΥΤΗΣ ΡΟΔΟΠΗΣ Archived 2009-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, MP profile page, accessed on September 24, 2009
- ^ "Fep Party Ordinary Congress Has Been Organised".
- ^ "Yunanistan'da AP seçimlerinde DEB başarısı". Dünya. Anadolu Agency. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.