Back الحزب الديمقراطي (قبرص) Arabic Демократическа партия (Кипър) Bulgarian গণতন্ত্রী দল (সাইপ্রাস) Bengali/Bangla Partit Democràtic (Xipre) Catalan Dimokratiko Komma German Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα (Κύπρος) Greek Partido Democrático (Chipre) Spanish حزب دموکراتیک (قبرس) Persian Parti démocrate (Chypre) French המפלגה הדמוקרטית (קפריסין) HE
Democratic Party Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα | |
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| Abbreviation | DIKO |
| Leader | Nikolas Papadopoulos |
| Founder | Spyros Kyprianou |
| Founded | 12 May 1976 |
| Split from | Eniaion[1] |
| Headquarters | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Youth wing | NEDIK |
| Women's wing | GODIK |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre[A] |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance[2][3] |
| Colours | Blue, Orange |
| House of Representatives | 9 / 56 |
| European Parliament | 1 / 6 |
| Municipal Councils | 57 / 443 |
| Website | |
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^ A: It is attributed to both centre-left and centre-right policies and is often described with either label. | |
The Democratic Party (Greek: Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα (ΔΗΚΟ), Dimokratikó Kómma (DIKO)) is a Greek-Cypriot nationalist, centrist[4] political party in Cyprus founded in 1976 by Spyros Kyprianou.[5][6]
DIKO is variously described as centrist,[7][8] centre-left[9] or centre-right;[10][11][12] internationally, it is a member of the Progressive Alliance, which groups together mainly centre-left parties.[2] Among all Cypriot political parties, DIKO claims to be the most loyal follower of the policies of Archbishop Makarios, the founding father of the Republic of Cyprus.[13] Its electoral stronghold is the Paphos District.[citation needed]
- ^ Oliver P. Richmond (1998). Mediating in Cyprus: The Cypriot Communities and the United Nations. Frank Cass. pp. xvii.
- ^ a b Το ΔΗ.ΚΟ. συνδέεται με την "Προοδευτική Συμμαχία" (in Greek). Nicosia: Democratic Party. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Parties & Organisations: Political Parties and Associated Partners of the Progressive Alliance". Progressive Alliance.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Cyprus". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ^ Farid Mirbagheri (1 October 2009). Historical Dictionary of Cyprus. Scarecrow Press. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-0-8108-6298-2.
- ^ Peter Loizos (15 June 2008). Iron in the Soul: Displacement, Livelihood and Health in Cyprus. Berghahn Books. pp. 202–. ISBN 978-0-85745-067-8.
- ^ "Cyprus – Political parties". European Election Database. Norwegian Centre for Research Data.
- ^ "Appendix A3: Political Parties" (PDF). European Social Survey (9th ed.). 2018.
- ^ Athanasiadis, Konstantinos (30 May 2014). "Cyprus: Disapproval through abstention in EU's remotest 'outpost'". In De Sio, Lorenzo; Emanuele, Vincenzo; Maggini, Nicola (eds.). The European Parliament Elections of 2014 (PDF). CISE. p. 164. ISBN 978-88-98012-16-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ Ker-Lindsay, James (2005). "Government, Politics and Accession to the European Union". In Dew, Philip (ed.). Doing Business with the Republic of Cyprus. GMB Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-905050-54-3.
- ^ Neofytos Loizides (2012). Transformations of the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot Right: Right-wing Peace-makers?. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 186. ISBN 9780230338548.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Nathalie Tocci (2007). Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. Oxford University Press. p. 125.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Eric Solsten, ed. Cyprus: A Country Study, US Congress