Kurdistan Laborers' Party

Kurdistan Laborers' Party پارتی ڕەنجدەرانی کوردستان Partî Rencderanî Kurdistan
Logo of the party
Abbreviation	PRK
Leader	Bapîr Kamela
Founded	1995
Ideology	Kurdish nationalism Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Council of Representatives of Iraq	0 / 328
Kurdistan Parliament	0 / 111
Politics of Iraq Political parties Elections

The Kurdistan Laborers' Party (Kurdish: پارتی ڕەنجدەرانی کوردستان, romanized: Partî Rencderanî Kurdistan, abbreviated as PRK) is a political party in Kurdistan Region that was founded in 1995 as Kurdistan Workers' and Laborers' Party (Kurdish: پارتی کرێکاران و ڕەنجدەرانی کوردستان, romanized: Partî Krêkaran û Rencderanî Kurdistan). The name and logo change happened some point after June 2021,^[1] but it still regularly being referred to with the old name. The party's secretary is Bapîr Kamela.^[2]

In 2017, the party merged with another small party called Kurdistan Masses Movement (Kurdish: بزووتنەوەی جەماوەری كوردستان, romanized: Bizûtineweyî Cemawerî Kurdistan), but the name Kurdistan Workers' and Laborers' Party and the leadership of Kamela was kept.^[3]

On 7 October 2023, party leader Bapîr Kamela was part of a delegation from Kurdistan Region visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara.^[4]

For the 2024 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election, the party joined an electoral alliance together with the Democratic National Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Conservative Party. The alliance is called Serdem Coalition.^[5]

References

1. Staff member (29 June 2021). "نێچیرڤان بارزانی سەردانی پارتی کرێکارانی ڕەنجدەران و زەحمەتکێشان دەکات". Xendan. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
2. Staff member (3 March 2022). "محه‌مه‌د حاجی مه‌حمود په‌یامێكی پیرۆزبایی ئاراسته‌ی باپیر كامه‌لا ده‌كات". Jamawar News. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
3. Staff member (20 February 2017). "دوو حزبی كوردستان یەك دەگرن". Wishe. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
4. Ozêrî, Ziya (7 October 2023). "ئەردۆغان لەگەڵ شاندێکی لایەنە سیاسییەکانی هەرێمی کوردستان و عێراق کۆبووەوە". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
5. Staff member (14 March 2024). "حزبێكی نوێیان تۆماركرد بۆ بەشداری لە هەڵبژاردن بەناوی "هەڵوێستی نیشتمانی"". Draw Media. Retrieved 24 March 2024.