Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace
| Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace | |
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| Leader | Mustafa Ali Çavuş |
| Founder | Sadık Ahmet |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Preceded by | Independent Muslim List |
| Ideology | Muslim minority politics, Centrism, Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
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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 Muslim 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.[1]
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.[2]
Notable members
- Sadık Ahmet
- Ismail Molla
- Ahmet Faikoğlu
- Ahmet Hacıosman
- Çetin Mandacı
- Galip Galip
- Işık Ahmet
- Mustafa Boşnak
- Mustafa Ali Çavuş
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Other Muslim minority parties in South-Eastern Europe
Sources
- ↑ Turkish: Dostluk-Eşitlik-Barış Partisi’nde yeni dönem, Millet (Xanthi), July 15, 2010
- ↑ (Greek) ΟΣΜΑΝ ΑΧΜΕΤ ΧΑΤΖΗ, ΒΟΥΛΕΥΤΗΣ ΡΟΔΟΠΗΣ, MP profile page, accessed on September 24, 2009
