Political View
The term Demokratik Sol (Democratic Left) was created by Bülent Ecevit in his late CHP period, as a mix of social democracy, democratic socialism, secularism and patriotism. With this term, the party established a link between universal values of the left and national-cultural heritage which makes the ideology “domestic”. In other words, contemporary social democracy is made compatible with the conditions of Turkey. With Democratic Left, Ecevit made up a new synthesis by articulating new dimensions such as democracy and socialism to the national independence movement or Kemalism. The symbol of the, white dove (Ak Güvercin) was selected to symbolize the pacifism and social accordance.
DSP approves of Turkish adhesion to the European Union, although it criticized the content of the Customs Union. During the premiership of Ecevit in 1999, Turkey became a candidate for the EU.
DSP is against the idea of a united Cyprus state.
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