 Turkish-Kurdish politician and conspiracist Abdülmelik Fırat had stated the Democratic Society Party (DTP) was founded by the PKK, and that 80 percent of Kurds do not vote for this party.Senior DTP leaders maintain that they support a unified Turkey within a democratic framework.In May 2007, the co-president of DTP Aysel Tuğluk, published an article in "Radikal" in support of this policy.