Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–61) Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–61) The Democratic Party (Turkish: Demokrat Parti, DP for short) was a Turkish moderately right-wing political party, and the country's third legal opposition party, after the Liberal Republican Party (Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası) established by Ali Fethi Okyar in 1930, and the National Development Party (Milli Kalkınma Partisi) established by Nuri Demirağ in 1945. Founded and led by Celâl Bayar, it was the first of the opposition parties to rise to power, de-seating the Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi) during the national elections of 1950 and ending Turkey's one party era. The party facilitated the resurgence of
Maoist Communist Party (Turkey) Turkey. MKP is determined to carry out a "Socialist People's War" in Turkey with its armed wing the People's Liberation Army. In 2013 the Party's 3rd congress established the People's Partisan Forces as a second armed wing. The party has two armed wings: in rural areas Peoples' Liberation Army ("Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu" in Turkish, abbreviated as HKO) and in cities People's Partisan Forces ("Partizan Halk Güçleri" in Turkish, abbreviated as PHG). Maoist Youth Union () is the youth organization of MKP. Maoist Women's Union () - is women's organization of MKP. The party has two periodicals titled "Devrimci Demokrasi" (Revolutionary