List of historical parties in Turkey

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.

Name  | Founded  | Closed  | Notes about termination

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Progressive Republican Party | 1924  | 1925  | Banned
Liberal Republican Party | 1930  | 1930  | Self dissolved
National Development Party | 1945  | 1958  | Ceased to exist
Democrat Party | 1946  | 1960  | Banned
Nation Party | 1948  | 1953  | Banned
Republican Nation Party | 1954  | 1958  | Fusion and renaming
Liberty Party | 1955  | 1958  | Self dissolved
Republican Villagers Nation Party | 1958  | 1968  | Change identity and name
New Turkey Party | 1961  | 1973  | Self dissolved
Workers Party of Turkey | 1961  | 1980  | Banned
Justice Party | 1961  | 1981  | Closed by the military rule
Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) | 1962  | 1977  | Self dissolved
Republican Reliance Party | 1967  | 1981  | Closed by the military rule
National Order Party | 1970  | 1971  | Banned
Democratic Party | 1970  | 1980  | Self dissolved
Republican Party | 1972  | 1973  | Merged into Republican Confidence Party
National Women's Party of Turkey | 1972  | 1981  | Closed by the military rule
National Salvation Party | 1972  | 1981  | Closed by the military rule
Socialist Revolution Party | 1975  | 1995  | Self dissolved
Nationalist Democracy Party | 1983  | 1986  | Self dissolved
Great Turkey Party | 1983  | 1983  | Banned
Motherland Party (ANAP) | 1983  | 2007  | Merged with True Path Party[1]
People's Party | 1983  | 1985  | Merged with SODEP [2]
Social Democracy Party (SODEP) | 1983  | 1985  | Merged with People's Party[2]
Welfare Party | 1983  | 1998  | Banned
Social Democratic Populist Party | 1985  | 1995  | Merged into Republican People's Party
Liberal Democrat Party | 1986  | 1986  | Merged to ANAP
Great Anatolia Party | 1986  | 1992  | Self dissolved
Democratic Center Party | 1990  | 1991  | Merged into True Path Party
People's Labor Party | 1990  | 1993  | Banned
Democracy Party | 1993  | 1994  | Banned
People’s Democracy Party | 1994  | 2003  | Banned
Democrat Turkey Party | 1997  | 2008  | Merged to another party
Virtue Party | 1997  | 2001  | Islamist Party; banned for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution
New Turkey Party | 2002  | 2004  | Merged into Republican People's Party
Democratic Society Party | 2005  | 2009  | Banned for alleged links to the PKK; succeeded by the Peace and Democracy Party
Democratic Left People's Party | 2009  | 2010  | Self dissolved

1. ^ To continue as Democrat Party
2. ^ a b To continue as Social Democratic Populist Part