Republican Party (Turkey)
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Republican Party was a former political party in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 

Republican People’s party (CHP)
Republican People's Party (Turkey)
The Republican People's Party is a centre-left Kemalist political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party of Turkey and is currently Main Opposition in the Grand National Assembly. The Republican People's Party describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party, which is faithful to...

 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 the party. The first group in 1967 founded the Confidence Party. Republican Party was founded by the second group in 1972.

The party was founded on 4 September 1972.
The chairman of the Party was Kemal Satır, an ex vice prime minister. But it was a short lived party . On 28 February 1973 it was merged to Nationalistic Confidence Party (aka Confidence Party) , which was renamed Republican Confidence Party.
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