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33-537: Socialist Democratic Party may refer to: Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party Mongolian New Socialist Democratic Party Russian Socialist Democratic Party Socialist Democratic Party (Canada) Socialist Democratic Party (Chile) Socialist Democratic Party (Japan) Socialist Democratic Party (Turkey) Socialist Democratic Party (India) Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party in

66-599: A broad cross-section of Kurdish society. The membership of the PUK, based on statistics compiled in September 1998, stands at 800,280 members and associates. The PUK contested the 1992 elections for the Kurdistan National Assembly , and the party list acquired 423,682 votes of the total of 957,469 valid votes cast - giving the PUK commanding majority in three of Kurdistan Region 's four provinces. The PUK

99-894: A large force to drive Ahmad, Talabani, and their 4,000 or so followers into exile in Iran. With this, Mulla Mustafa had finally achieved undisputed control of the KDP. After the defeat of the Kurds in the 1974–1975 Revolt , on 22 May 1975, Talabani met in a coffee shop called Gligla, in Aum Rmana , Damascus , with Fuad Mausm, Adel Murad , and Abdul Razaq Faily. That day, the PUK announced its formation via Syrian and Lebanese media. The day after, Talabani visited Berlin in West Germany and met three other co-founders, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Omar Shekhmus, and Kamal Fwad, and some other activists. On 1 June 1975,

132-574: A long-term guerrilla war. Arif threatened force against any Kurdish opponent of Mustafa, while Mustafa declared that any resistance to Baghdad would constitute a declaration of war against himself and the Barzanis. Ibrahim Ahmad and Jalal Talabani decried this complicity, and as they saw it, submission, to Baghdad. Mulla Mustafa rallied the conservatives and tribal leaders to his side. Furious debates and campaigning followed, but Ahmad's and Talabani's arguments could not dislodge Mulla Mustafa's position as

165-635: A result of a series of meetings within the cadres of the Aylul Revolution who took refuge in Iran in 1975, including Omer Dababa, Ali Askari , Dr. Khalid, Ali Hazhar, Kardo Galali, Ibrahim Ahmad , Jamal Agha, Rasul Mamand, Mala Nasih, Abdulrahman Gomashini, Milazm Tahir, Ali Wali and Kamal Mihedeen. The PUK served as an umbrella organization unifying various trends within the Kurdish political movement in Iraq . The PUK received grassroots support from

198-549: Is a political party active in Kurdistan Region and the disputed territories in Iraq . The PUK describes its goals as self-determination , human rights , democracy and peace for the Kurdish people of Kurdistan and Iraq . The PUK is currently under the leadership of Bafel Talabani . The PUK was founded in 1975 by Jalal Talabani , Nawshirwan Mustafa , Fuad Masum , Adel Murad , Ali Askari and Abdul Razaq Feyli Dawood Mohammed Ali . All presidents of Iraq under

231-644: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party 1979-1985, it was part of the short-lived alliance Kurdistan United Socialist Party (HSYK), which had included the Socialist Movement of Kurdistan as well as the two splinters of the South Kurdistan Movement and which birthed the Kurdistan Toilers' Party . The KSDP component in

264-673: The Kurdistan Toilers' Party . The alliance is called the Kurdistan Region Coalition. The Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party also has a paramilitary wing of Peshmerga soldiers under the direct command of party leader Mohammed Haji Mahmoud , whose nom de guerre is "Kaka Hama". The party's forces have fought in the Iraqi Civil War against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), mostly in

297-791: The Kurdistan Unity Party (KUP). A faction led by Resul Mamend refused to join the alliance and instead joined the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in December 1992, where Mamend was included as member of the Political Bureau. The KUP joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in August 1993. A mere month later, a faction under Mohammed Haji Mahmoud broke away from the KDP again, re-establishing

330-715: The 2005 constitution have been from this party. The PUK traces its political heritage to Sulaymaniyah native Ibrahim Ahmad . After the collapse of the Soviet-backed Kurdish Mahabad Republic in Iran in early 1947, Ibrahim Ahmad , previously the Sulaymaniyah representative of the Iranian KDP ( KDP-I ), joined the newly formed Iraqi KDP . Ahmad was a highly influential leftist intellectual, who by 1951 had succeeded in rallying most of

363-526: The GDR Social Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Social Democratic Party (Croatia) See also [ edit ] Democratic Socialist Party (disambiguation) Social Democratic Party List of socialist parties Party of Democratic Socialism (disambiguation) Socialist Democrat Party , Peru Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

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396-529: The Iraqi Kurdish leftist-nationalists to the new Iraqi KDP, which, in turn, took the opportunity to convene a second Party Congress and duly elect Ahmad as secretary-general (effectively acting Chairman). However, from the very beginning in Iran, Ibrahim Ahmad's leftist politics, "intellectualism", and support for Qazi Muhammad put him at odds with the faction of the KDP loyal to Mustafa Barzani and his traditionalist-conservative tribal support base. It

429-638: The KSDP, including his brother, and that the group fired at his house with RPGs. During the clashes, Ebdulla's son was reportedly wounded. Also, a guard of the party leader Mohammed was killed. After the clashes, security forces were deployed to the village to control the situation. This article about an Iraqi political party or organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Patriotic Union of Kurdistan The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ( PUK ; Kurdish : یەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستان , romanized :  Yekêtîy Nîştimanîy Kurdistan )

462-473: The KSP-I. The following year, it was renamed to Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party ( Kurdish : حزبی سۆسیالیست دیموکراتی کوردستان , romanized :  Hizbî Sosyalîst Dîmukratî Kurdistan ; Arabic : الحزب الاشتراكي الديمقراطي الكردستاني , romanized :  Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Dimuqrati al-Kurdistani ). It had been known under this name until a recent name change, although the acronym KSDP stayed

495-625: The PUK was announced again in Berlin, and thus it was decided that 1 June is the anniversary date of the founding of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). The PUK was a coalition of at least five separate political entities, the most significant of which were Talabani and his closest followers, Nawshirwan Mustafa 's clandestine Marxist-Leninist group Komala , and the Kurdistan Socialist Movement (KSM), formed as

528-476: The PUK was fighting. The PUK harassed Sipay Rizgari's troops and, to a large extent, cut off their supply lines. Since the first Gulf War , the PUK has jointly administered Kurdistan Region with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). However, in 1994 the parties engaged in a three-year conflict, known as the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War . The conflict ended with US mediation, and reconciliation

561-483: The PUK's fourth congress in December 2019, Sheikh Jangi received the most votes for the General Leadership Council. In a compromise, he and Bafel were proclaimed co-presidents. In July 2021, Bafel shut down a media outlet close to Sheikh Jangi and ousted several important commanders from the counter-terrorism and intelligence units of the PUK, who were seen as affiliates of him. Shortly after, Bafel

594-573: The alliance was split into two camps, the scientific socialist faction around Resul Mamend and the social democratic faction around Saleh Yousefi and Mahmoud Othman . Prior to the 1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election , it created an electoral alliance with the Kurdish Socialist Party (PASOK). In August, the Kurdistan Popular Democratic Party joined the alliance, and the three founded

627-595: The collapse of the revolt to "the inability of the feudalist, tribalist, bourgeois rightist and capitulationist Kurdish leadership". The PUK's support lies predominantly in the southern part of the Kurdistan Region . During the Iran-Iraq war , the PUK entered into hostilities with the Iranian Kurdish Sipay Rizgari , opposing them due to Sipay Rizgari's close ties to the Iraqi authorities that

660-416: The first Ba'ath Party government was deposed in a coup led by Abdul Salam Arif , Mustafa developed a close relationship with Arif. Mulla Mustafa signed an agreement with Arif in his personal capacity, rather than as president of the KDP. This infuriated Ahmad and Jalal Talabani as the agreement omitted any mention of self-administration, let alone autonomy—the whole point for which the Kurds had been fighting

693-605: The judicial authority on Iraqi elections in Baghdad declared Bafel Talabani the sole leader of the PUK. After that, Sheikh Jangi proceeded to work on founding his own party. His new party, the People's Front received its license from the interior ministry on 17 January 2024 and was joined by several former PUK-members from Lahur's wing. A Co-Presidents are elected by the General Leadership Council. The PUK has 36 branches throughout Iraqi Kurdistan and draws membership from

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726-578: The party after a party congress in March 2023, where Mohammed's son Rêbîn replaced him in the office for public relations and replaced a lot of the staff with associates of him. In late January 2024, the rivalry reemerged over a dispute whose son would become president of the Baxtiyarî Sports Club in Silêmanî . The situation escalated and shots were exchanged. On February 14, Selah Elî, who

759-479: The party, frustrated by widespread tribalism and corruption within the party. He proceeded to found the Gorran movement , which in turn presented itself as an alternative to the corrupt politics of PUK and KDP. After the founder and leader of the PUK, Jalal Talabani , died in 2017, a struggle for the leadership of the party ignited between Jalal's son Bafel Talabani and the then co-president Lahur Sheikh Jangi . On

792-411: The party. Ebdulla rejected the decision, arguing that only a proper party congress could make such a decision. According to the news network Peregraf, the conflict between the brothers had been going on for two years. On April 4, the house of Ebdulla Haji Mahmoud's son in the village of Gulxane northwest of Halabja was attacked by an armed group. Ebdulla claimed that the group was made up of members of

825-753: The popular figurehead of the Kurdish people. Mulla Mustafa would accept no dissent, and, fearing for their lives, Ahmad and his followers slipped away at night from a heated discussion with Mulla Mustafa, and retreated back to their stronghold in Mawat, Iraq . At the Sixth Party Congress of the KDP in July 1964, representatives from the Ahmad-Talabani faction were arrested upon arrival. A few days later Mulla Mustafa sent his son, Idris Barzani with

858-570: The region south of Kirkuk . They also took part in the Mosul offensive (2016) . Among the party fighters killed in combat against ISIL was Mohammed Haji Mahmood's son Atta. There has been a developing rivalry between party leader Mohammed Haji Mahmoud and his brother Ebdulla Haji Mahmoud. Ebdulla was first a MP in the Kurdistan Region Parliament and is currently the "Minister of Martyrs and Anfal ". He lost some influence in

891-496: The same. After 1992, the party was led by Mahmoud Othman . The party is currently led by Mohammed Haji Mahmoud . In the 2013 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election the party got 12,501 votes (0.6%) and it won one seat in the Kurdistan National Assembly . For the 2024 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election , the party joined an electoral alliance together with the Kurdistan Communist Party – Iraq and

924-403: The title Socialist Democratic Party . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Socialist_Democratic_Party&oldid=1147057506 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

957-474: The urban intellectual classes of Iraqi Kurdistan upon its establishment, partly due to five of its seven founding members being Ph.D. holders and academics. In the early 1980s, the PUK evolved and broadened its appeal to all sections of Iraqi Kurdish society, especially the rural classes. In 1992, the constituent groups within the PUK merged into a unified political movement that affirmed its social-democratic identity and affiliation. Their communique ascribed

990-435: Was "well-known in nationalist circles that the relations between the two men Mustafa and Qazi were not easy". Ibrahim Ahmad was soon joined by up-and-coming intellectual and socialist Jalal Talabani . Barzani and Ahmad were known to dislike each other. But while each wanted to reduce the others' influence in the KDP, each also knew that the other was indispensable in securing the loyalty of their respective support-bases. When

1023-415: Was a close associate of Ebdulla was replaced with Husên Xelîfe as leader of Peshmerga affairs, an associate of Mohammed. During the tensions, Elîs son reportedly opened fire, which led security forces to intervene. On the 5th of March, an assembly led by Mohammed Haji Mahmoud decided to strip Ebdulla of the seat of the co-chair as well of his party membership, calling on him to give back properties owned by

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1056-462: Was declared the sole leader of the party. In November, Lahur Sheikh Jangi was expelled from the PUK along a few others and Bafel took full control over the party's finances. Sheikh Jangi filed a lawsuit against the expulsion. In February 2023, a court in Erbil ruled, that the ouster from the co-presidency was contradicted PUK's internal regulation and reinstated him. A day after however, on 21 February,

1089-521: Was eventually achieved. In September 2001, the Islamist group Jund al-Islam (the Army of Islam) massacred 43 PUK members. Originally a centre-left party opposing the conservative tribalism of the Kurdistan Democratic Party , the PUK developed into a similarly tribalistic vehicle for the political ambitions of Jalal Talabani and his family. In 2009, influential PUK politician Nawshirwan Mustafa left

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