List of historical parties in Turkey
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Below is the list of historical parties in Turkey
. In this list, the parties which merge to create another party are also shown. But, the parties which were closed by the military rule in 1981 and continued with the same name afterwards are not shown.
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. In this list, the parties which merge to create another party are also shown. But, the parties which were closed by the military rule in 1981 and continued with the same name afterwards are not shown.
| Name | Founded | Closed | Notes about termination |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Republican Party | 1924 | 1925 | Banned |
| Liberal Republican Party Liberal Republican Party (Turkey) The Liberal Republican Party was a political party founded by Ali Fethi Okyar in the early years of the Turkish Republic.... |
1930 | 1930 | Self dissolved |
| National Development Party | 1945 | 1958 | Ceased to exist |
| Democratic Party | 1946 | 1960 | Banned |
| Liberty Party Liberty Party (Turkey) - Background :Democrat Party won the 1950 elections and ended the one party era of Turkey. DP, being a moderately right wing party had promised a freer press and wider scope of basic liberties during the election campaign.... |
1955 | 1958 | Self dissolved |
| New Turkey Party New Turkey Party (1961) New Turkey Parti was a former Turkish political party- Background :Democrat Party which was the ruling party of Turkey between 1950 and 1960 was closed by the military rule in 1960. In 1961, a number of new parties were founded to fill the political gap of Democrat Party... |
1961 | 1973 | Self dissolved |
| Workers Party of Turkey Workers Party of Turkey Workers Party of Turkey was a Turkish political party, founded in 1961. It became the first socialist party in Turkey to win representation in the national parliament. It was banned twice and eventually merged with the Communist Party of Turkey in 1988.TİP was founded by a group of labor union... |
1961 | 1980 | Banned |
| Justice Party Justice Party (Turkey) The Justice Party was a Turkish political party prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. A descendant of the Democrat Party, the AP was dominated by Süleyman Demirel, who served six times as prime minister, and was in office at the time of the military coup on September 12, 1980... |
1961 | 1981 | Closed by the military rule |
| Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) The Nation Party was a Turkish conservative and nationalistic political party active from 1962 to 1977.-History:An earlier party named "Nation Party" had existed from 1948 to 1953, when it was outlawed... |
1962 | 1977 | Self dissolved |
| Republican Reliance Party Republican Reliance Party - Background :Republican People's Party which is usually credited as the founder of Turkish republic in 1923 was the oldest party in Turkey. The ideology of the party was Kemalism with strong emphasis on Laïcité. Bülent Ecevit, the secretary general of CHP after 1966 however, began introducing... |
1967 | 1981 | Closed by the military rule |
| National Order Party National Order Party National Order Party was a Islamist political party in Turkey, which adopted the National View ideology. It was founded on 26 January 1970 by Necmettin Erbakan... |
1970 | 1971 | Banned |
| Democratic Party Democratic Party (Turkey, 1970) - Background :Democrat Party which was the ruling party between 1950-1960 was closed by the military rule. In 1961 and 1965 elections most of ex Democrat Party adherents supported Justice Party, a party founded in 1961. After 1965 elections Justice Party came to power... |
1970 | 1980 | Self dissolved |
| Republican Party Republican Party (Turkey) Republican Party was a former political party in Turkey Republican People’s party which is usually credited as the founder of Turkish republic in 1923 was the oldest party in Turkey. But after the party adopted the policy of so called left of center in 1960s, two groups of MPs broke away from... |
1972 | 1973 | Merged into Republican Confidence Party |
| National Salvation Party National Salvation Party The National Salvation Party was an Islamist political party in Turkey founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party . The party was led by Necmettin Erbakan... |
1972 | 1981 | Closed by the military rule |
| Nationalist Democracy Party Nationalist Democracy Party (Turkey) - Background :After the coup of 1980, all political parties were closed by the military rule, so called National Security Council or regardless of their political views, on the 16 October 1981. For approximately one and half year, there were no political parties. Finally, MGK decided to allow the... |
1983 | 1986 | Self dissolved |
| Great Turkey Party | 1983 | 1983 | Banned |
| Motherland party (ANAP) Motherland Party (Turkey) The Motherland Party, was a political party in Turkey. It was founded in 1983 by Turgut Özal. It was merged to Democratic Party in October 2009... |
1983 | 2007 | Merged with True Path Party True Path Party The Democratic Party , abbreviated to DP, is a centre-right, conservative Turkish political party, established by Suleyman Demirel in 1983 as the Right Path Party... |
| People's party People's Party (Turkey) - Background :After the coup of 1980, all political parties were closed by the military rule regardless of their political views, on the 16th of October 1981. In 1983, MGK decided to allow the formation of new parties with severe restrictions... |
1983 | 1985 | Merged with SODEP |
| Social Democracy Party (SODEP) SODEP SODEP is the abbreviation of Social Democracy Party of Turkey which was one of the two main parties of Turkey in early 1980s but later on merged with another party.- Background :... |
1983 | 1985 | Merged with People's Party |
| Welfare Party Welfare Party The Welfare Party was an Islamist political party in Turkey. It was founded by Ali Türkmen, Ahmet Tekdal and Necmettin Erbakan in Ankara in 1983 as heir to two earlier parties, Milli Nizam Partisi and Milli Selamet Partisi , which were banned from politics... |
1983 | 1998 | Banned |
| Social Democratic Populist Party Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey) The Social Democratic Populist Party was the name of a former Turkish left social-democratic party, which resulted from the fusion, in 1985, of the Social Democracy Party of Erdal İnönü and the People's Party of Aydın Güven Gürkan, both founded in 1983 with the return to democracy after the... |
1985 | 1995 | Merged into Republican People's Party Republican People's Party Republican People's Party may be:*Republican People's Party *Republican People's Party *Republican Popular Party See also:* Russian Republican People's Party... |
| Liberal Democrat Party Liberal Democrat Party (Turkey) Liberal Democrat Party was a former political party in Turkey There were three parties in the parliament during 1983-1987 term. The smallest of them was Nationalist Democracy Party and according to most analysts, it was further losing support. Consequently, during the congress held on 13 July... |
1986 | 1986 | Merged to ANAP |
| Great Anatolia Party Great Anatolia Party - Disputes with the Motherland Party :The Great Anatolia Party was founded in 1986 as an opposition group to the dominant Motherland Party of Prime Minister Turgut Özal; the founders of the Great Anatolia Party were supporters of the Right Path Party.... |
1986 | 1992 | Self dissolved |
| Democratic Center Party Democratic Center Party (Turkey) Democratic Center Party was a conservative political party in Turkey.It was established by the former mayor of İstanbul Bedrettin Dalan on May 17, 1990, who left the center-right Motherland Party ANAP, he was one of the founders in 1983.... |
1990 | 1991 | Merged into True Path Party |
| People's Labor Party | 1990 | 1993 | Banned |
| Democracy Party Democracy Party Democracy Party was a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey. It was founded in May 1993 by several prominent members of the People's Labor Party . The party became divided over the issue of the PKK, two factions - moderate and radical - appeared. Due to the promotion of Kurdish nationalism the... |
1993 | 1994 | Banned |
| People’s Democracy Party | 1994 | 2003 | Banned |
| Virtue Party Virtue Party Virtue Party was an Islamist political party established in December 1998 in Turkey. It was found unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court and then banned in June 2001, for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution... |
1997 | 2001 | Banned |
| New Turkey Party New Turkey Party New Turkey Party was a political party in Turkey. It was founded in 2002 following a leadership crisis in the Democratic Left Party that was the major partner in a three party coalition government.... |
2002 | 2004 | Merged into Republican People's Party |
| Democratic Society Party Democratic Society Party The Democratic Society Party was a Kurdish Kurdish nationalist political party in Turkey. The party considered itself social democratic, and had observer status in the Socialist International. It was considered to be the successor of the Democratic People's Party... |
2005 | 2009 | Banned |
| Democratic Left People's Party Democratic Left People's Party Democratic Left People's Party was a short-lived political party in Turkey. It was founded by ex-members of Democratic Left Party, led by Rahşan Ecevit. Its founding leader was Hulki Cevizoğlu. Cevizoğlu quit the office on January 13, 2010... |
2009 | 2010 | Self dissolved |