Yakay-Der grew out of the experience of the ‘Saturday Mothers’, who used civil disobedience to gain publicity and bring attention to the ‘disappearances in custody’ cases. These cases became known to the public in Turkey as well as to the world at large.
Di sala 1999ê de li ser lîsteya HADEPê bû berbijara parlamenteriyê lê ji ber ku partiya wê ji benda hilbijartinê neborî nebû parlamenter.