Nationalist Task Party

Nationalist Task Party Milliyetçi Çalışma Partisi
Abbreviation	MÇP
Founder	Ali Koç
Founded	30 November 1985
Dissolved	24 January 1993
Preceded by	Conservative Party
Succeeded by	Great Union Party Nationalist Movement Party
Ideology	Turkish nationalism Turkish-Islamic nationalism Cultural nationalism Social conservatism National conservatism Neo-Ottomanism Pan-Turkism Turanism Idealism
Political position	Far-right
Colours	Red, White
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Nationalist Task Party or Nationalist Labour Party (Turkish: Milliyetçi Çalışma Partisi) was founded on 30 November 1985, when the Conservative Party changed its name. Its first president is Ali Koç. This party sought the votes of the Nationalist Movement Party after 1980. Former MSP member Abdülkerim Doğru became president on 19 April 1987. Alparslan Türkeş became party president on 4 October 1987 with the lifting of the political ban on former politicians. The Nationalist Task Party won 2.9% of the popular vote in 1987 general election,^[1] and they won three municipalities (Elazığ, Erzincan, Yozgat) in the 1989 local elections.^[2]

They made an alliance titled "Holy Alliance" with the Welfare Party and Reformist Democracy Party on 20 October 1991 general elections.^[3] However, in 1991, according to election rules, no more than two parties could form an alliance. So MÇP's and IDP's deputy candidates attended with Welfare Party lists. This alliance won 16.9% vote and sent 62 MPs to the Turkish Grand National Assembly (which had a total of 550 seats).^[4][5]

Delegates decided to dissolve the party on 27 December 1992 and the party dissolved on 24 January 1993. All members joined the newly opened (and refounded) Nationalist Movement Party.