Freedom and Democracy Party (Turkish: Özgürlük ve Demokrasi Partisi, ÖZDEP) was a pro-Kurdish rights party in Turkey.
The party was created in October 1992 after the People's Labor Party (HEP) was banned.
[1] Four months after its formation, ÖZDEP was banned by the constitutional court of Turkey on charges of supporting self-determination and for conducting bureaucratic services in the Kurdish language.
[2][3] In an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, Turkey was ordered to pay compensation for the closure of the party in December 1999.
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