BDP is the only party in parliament which stands for the Kurdish people's rights and is also known to be the legal and political wing of the Kurdish guerrilla organization, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK.)
BDP hali hazırda Kürtlerin haklarını temsil eden yegane parti konumunda ve Kürdistan İşçi Partisi (PKK)'nin de yasal siyasi temsilcisi konumunda.