 In sequence HEP/DEP/HADEP/DEHAP/DTP and the BDP, which later changed its name to Democratic Regions Party (DBP) on 11 July 2014, as well as the HDP have been criticized of sympathizing with the PKK, since they have refused to brand it as a terrorist group.Political organizations established in Turkey are banned from propagating or supporting separatism.Several political parties supporting Kurdish rights have been reportedly banned on this pretext.