Hulki Cevizoglu, one of the founder members of the party, told reporters that they founded the party to find solutions to economic and political difficulties of Turkey as well as to maintain anti-imperialist, fair and equality lines of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk --the founder of Republic of Turkey-- and one of the former prime ministers deceased Bulent Ecevit.
Cevizoglu said that Bulent Ecevit's wife Rahsan Ecevit also took part in the founder board of the party.
Cevizoglu said that they were determined to fulfill principles of Bulent Ecevit and protect anti-imperialist line of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
He added that DSHP had 103 members.
Bulent Ecevit (May 28, 1925, Istanbul – November 5, 2006, Ankara) was a Turkish politician, poet, writer and journalist, who was the leader of Republican People's Party (CHP), later of Democratic Left Party (DSP) and four-time Prime Minister of Turkey.
Following the military coup in 1980 led by General Kenan Evren, Bulent Ecevit was imprisoned and was suspended from active politics for life. Bulent Ecevit's party CHP was closed down. Rahsan Ecevit (born in 1923 in Bursa) founded Democratic Left Party on November 14, 1985, and led it until her husband's ban from politics was lifted in 1987.
Rahsan Ecevit was the vice president of Democratic Left Party and responsible for the party's organization between 1989 and 2004.
Hulki Cevizoglu, born in 1958 in Giresun, is a journalist, writer and a TV program producer. He began journalism in 1981 in Hurriyet daily, and worked for eight years. He also worked in various press organizations. Cevizoglu has been producing a TV program as "Ceviz Kabugu" since 1994. Cevizoglu is expected to be the chairman of DSHP.
