Historical Events tagged with "TEV-DEM"

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Politics & Government

TEV-DEM Founded to Promote Democratic Confederalism

January 16th, 2011 14 years ago

The Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) was established in northern Syria with the intention of promoting democratic confederalism as a political framework. This organization emerged from the Kurdish political movement and aimed to create a decentralized form of governance, encouraging local self-governance and communal autonomy. TEV-DEM sought to address the political needs of various ethnic groups in Syria, particularly amidst the wider unrest during the early stages of the Syrian civil war. Its founding marked a significant step towards forming a new political landscape that challenged the centralization of power.

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