List of historical parties in Turkey

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Below is the list of historical parties in Turkey . In this list, the parties that merged to create another party are also shown. Parties that were closed by the military rule in 1981 and continued with the same name afterwards are not shown.

NameFoundedClosedNotes about termination
Progressive Republican Party 19241925Banned
Liberal Republican Party 19301930Self dissolved
National Development Party 19451958Ceased to exist
Democrat Party 19461960Banned
Nation Party 19481953Banned
19501954Self dissolved
Republican Nation Party 19541958Fusion and renaming
Liberty Party 19551958Self dissolved
Republican Villagers Nation Party 19581968Change identity and name
New Turkey Party 19611973Self dissolved
Workers Party of Turkey 19611980Banned
Justice Party 19611981Closed by the military rule
Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) 19621977Self dissolved
Republican Reliance Party 19671981Closed by the military rule
National Order Party 19701971Banned
Democratic Party 19701980Self dissolved
Republican Party 19721973Merged into Republican Confidence Party
National Women's Party of Turkey 19721981Closed by the military rule
National Salvation Party 19721981Closed by the military rule
Socialist Revolution Party 19751995Self dissolved
Nationalist Democracy Party 19831986Self dissolved
Great Turkey Party 19831983Banned
Motherland Party (ANAP) 19832007Merged with True Path Party [1]
People's Party 19831985Merged with SODEP [2]
Social Democracy Party (SODEP) 19831985Merged with People's Party [2]
Welfare Party 19831998Banned
Social Democratic Populist Party 19851995Merged into Republican People's Party
Liberal Democrat Party 19861986Merged to ANAP
Great Anatolia Party 19861992Self dissolved
Democratic Center Party 19901991Merged into True Path Party
People's Labor Party 19901993Banned
Democracy Party 19931994Banned
People’s Democracy Party 19942003Banned
Democrat Turkey Party 19972008Merged to another party
Virtue Party 19972001Islamist Party; banned for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution
New Turkey Party 20022004Merged into Republican People's Party
Democratic Society Party 20052009Banned for alleged links to the PKK; succeeded by the Peace and Democracy Party
Democratic Left People's Party 20092010Self dissolved
  1. To continue as Democrat Party
  2. 1 2 To continue as Social Democratic Populist Part