Monday, December 24, 2012

New 'Party of God' Will Divide Kurdish, Turkish Islamists

New 'Party of God' Will Divide
Kurdish, Turkish Islamists

By: Kadri Gursel. posted on Sun, Dec 23.

A new party was established in Turkey, called Hur Dava Partisi, on Dec. 17. Its abbreviated name is more interesting, made up of the first syllables in the Turkish words hur (free), dava (cause) and parti to read "Huda-Par.” Huda is Persian-origin word used both in Turkish and Kurdish meaning "God." You can therefore think of this party’s name as the “Party of God,” just like Hezbollah.

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