Turkish Villagers' Party

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Turkish Villagers' Party was a former Turkish political party.

Following 27 years of single party rule, the Democrat Party (DP) defeated the Republican People's Party (CHP) in the 1950 elections. However, DP which was a champion of democracy during the opposition years, began to follow a more centralized policy in the party during its government years. During the provincial party congress held in Adana (then known as Seyhan) the party center supported a candidate against a popular candidate of the Adana partisans. After the congress three MPs (all of which were from Adana electoral district) as well as Adana mayor resigned from the party. [1]

On 19 May 1952, they formed the Turkish Villagers' Party. The leader of the party was Remzi Oğuz Arık an MP and a professor of archaeology. On 3 April 1954 Arık died on an airplane crash while flying from Adana to Ankara. This event was just before the 1954 Turkish general election and the party couldn't gain a seat in the parliament. [2] After another failure in the 1957 Turkish general election, the party decided to merge into Republican Nation Party. (see Republican Villagers Nation Party)

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