Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) The Nation Party () was a Turkish conservative and nationalistic political party active from 1962 to 1977. An earlier party named "Nation Party" had existed from 1948 to 1953, when it was outlawed. The founders of the party, led by Osman Bölükbaşı, subsequently formed the Republican Nation Party ("Cumhuriyetçi Millet Partisi"), which next merged with the Peasants' Party of Turkey to form the Republican Villagers Nation Party ("Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Millet Partisi" – CKMP). In 1962 the name was reused when Osman Bölükbaşı and a group of deputies and senators left the CKMP after a conflict and
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar and sardonic style making heavy use of symbolic imagery, such topics as Turkey's troubled transition to a modern society and the departure from old values (and sometimes from reason) that it entails. "Şiirler" ("Poems"), a selection of 37 poems of the 74 Tanpınar published in his lifetime, appeared in print in 1961, the year before his death. Between the years 1944 to 1946, Tanpınar served as a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Kahramanmaraş (then known as Maraş) . He was a member of the Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi), at the time the only party