DTP. The party originally also had five municipalities in Muş. But Orhan Özer, the mayor of the minor municipality Rüstemgedik was expelled in May 2007 for practicing polygamy. In this election on 29 March 2009, Democratic Society Party obtained the following votes in these provinces: Erzincan(0,53%), Erzurum (1,24%), Kars (14,66%), Malatya (0,06%), Tunceli (30%), Elazığ (2,51%), Bingöl (33,79%), Muş (37,23%), Ağrı (32,37%), Adıyaman (5,59%), Diyarbakır (65,27%), Siirt (49,43%), Bitlis (34,43%), Van (53,54%), Şanlıurfa (10,49%), Mardin (36,32%) and Hakkâri or Çolamerik (78,97%). References External links Defunct Kurdish parties in Turkey Defunct social democratic parties in Turkey Banned Kurdish parties in Turkey Banned socialist parties Political parties established in 2005 Political parties disestablished in 2009 Former member parties of the Socialist International Parties related to the Party of European Socialists Regionalist parties 2005 establishments in Turkey 2009 disestablishments in Turkey