Democratic Society Congress

The Democratic Society Congress (Turkish: Demokratik Toplum Kongresi, Kurdish: Kongreya Civaka Demokratik) is a pro-Kurdish NGO favouring the implementation of Democratic Confederalism in Turkish politics.

[1] It has 2 co-chairs, a chairman and a chairwoman, a general assembly with 501 delegates, an executive council of 21 members and several committees.

[6][1] On 14 July 2011 it announced its support for Democratic Autonomy after having held an extraordinary congress in Diyarbakır with 850 participants.

Numerous raids were conducted at the delegates houses that were on the list which was confiscated during a search in October 2018.

Also, Leyla Güven, received a demand to resign from the post of co-chair of the DTK by the Turkish authorities.