Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace

Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace
Leader	Mustafa Ali Çavuş
Founder	Sadık Ahmet
Founded	1991
Preceded by	Independent Muslim List
Ideology	Turkish minority politics, Centrism, Social liberalism
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	European Free Alliance (observer)
Website
http://www.debpartisi.org
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The Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace (Greek: Κόμμα Ισότητας, Ειρήνης και Φιλίας, abbr. Κ.Ι.Ε.Φ.; Turkish: Dostluk-Eşitlik-Barış Partisi) is a Greek political party founded to represent the interests of a part of the Turkish minority of Greece (West Thrace).

The party was created on September 13, 1991 by Sadık Ahmet who presided over it until his death in 1995. Ahmet was succeeded by his widow Işık Ahmet who led until 1999. The party was then led by Ahmet Hacıosman until 2007 when Hacıosman was elected member of the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). The next chairman, Mustafa Boşnak, was replaced in July 2010 by Mustafa Ali Çavuş.

Ahmet Hacıosman was elected in 2002 and 2006 for the Rhodope Prefecture on a common PASOK-Synaspismós list and was vice-prefect from 2002 to 2007.

Notable members

• Sadık Ahmet
• Ismail Molla
• Ahmet Faikoğlu
• Ahmet Hacıosman
• Çetin Mandacı
• Galip Galip
• Işık Ahmet
• Mustafa Boşnak
• Mustafa Ali Çavuş

Electoral results

Results, 1996-2012 (year links to election page)
Year	Type of Election	Votes	%	Mandates
1996	Parliament	supported PASOK	-	1
2000	Parliament	supported PASOK	-	2
2004	Parliament	supported ND	-	1
2007	Parliament	supported PASOK	-	2
2009	Parliament	supported PASOK	-	2
2012	Parliament	supported DISY	-	-
2012	Parliament	supported DIMAR	-	-

Other Turkish minority parties in South-Eastern Europe

• Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Bulgaria)
• Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (Kosovo)
• Democratic Party of Turks (Republic of Macedonia)
• Democratic Turkish Union of Romania (Romania)