Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance

{{Short description|Bulgarian political party}}

{{Update|date=October 2022}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance

| native_name = Демократи за отговорност, свобода и толерантност

| native_name_lang = bg

| abbreviation = DOST

| logo = Logo of the Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance.png

| colorcode = {{party color|Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance}}

| leader = {{ill|Taner Alimolla|bg|Танер Алимолла}}

| founder = Lyutvi Mestan

| founded = {{start date|2016|4|10|df=y}}

| split = Movement for Rights and Freedoms

| headquarters = 26-30th Building, Bacho Kiro St., Sofia

| ideology = Liberalism{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
Turkish minority interests
Pro-Europeanism

| position = Centre{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

| youth_wing = Youth Movement DOST

| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance}}|border=darkgray}} Blue
{{color box|#FFCC00|border=darkgray}} Yellow

| seats1_title = National Assembly

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|240|hex={{party color|Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance}}}}

| seats2_title = European Parliament

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|17|hex={{party color|Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance}}}}

| seats3_title = Municipalities

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|265|hex={{party color|Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance}}}}

| website = {{URL|http://dost.bg/}}

| country = Bulgaria

}}Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance (DOST; {{langx|bg|Демократи за отговорност, свобода и толерантност|translit=Demokrati otgovornost, svoboda i tolerantnost}}, {{langx|tr|Sorumluluk, Özgürlük ve Hoşgörü için Demokratlar}}) is a liberal and centrist political party in Bulgaria, mainly representing the Turkish minority. The party is led by Lyutvi Mestan.

Mestan, a long-time politician and member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria for Kardzhali,{{cite web |url=http://openparliament.net/deputies/view-1677 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-05-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503083652/http://openparliament.net/deputies/view-1677 |archivedate=2014-05-03 }} served as chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), the main Turkish party in Bulgaria, from January 2013 to 24 December 2015. He was removed as party leader by the DPS central council and expelled from the party for what was considered an excessively pro-Turkish government stance following the downing of a Russian bomber jet by the Turkish Air Force.{{cite web|url=http://www.novinite.com/articles/172378/Bulgaria%27s+%3Cb%3EDPS%3C/b%3E+Party+Expels+Chairman+Lyutvi+Mestan|title=Bulgaria's DPS Party Expels Chairman Lyutvi Mestan|publisher=Sofia News Agency|website=novinite.com|date=24 December 2015|accessdate=2 February 2017}}

Mestan and his followers within the DPS subsequently founded a new party, DOST.{{cite web|url=http://m.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=173311 |title= Ousted Leader of Bulgaria's DPS Lyutvi Mestan Launches DOST Political Project| publisher=Novinite |date=2016-02-27|accessdate=2016-06-14}}

In the 2017 parliamentary election the party obtained 2.9% of the vote (21.6% in Kardzhali) and no seat as it failed to meet the 4% electoral threshold.