Motherland Party (Turkey) 1989 to 1993. Özal died in office, and was succeeded by the True Path Party leader, Süleyman Demirel. After the 1983 National assembly, ANAP allowed all political parties to participate in the local elections. In 1987, ANAP removed the 10-year ban on over 200 leaders of the Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi—CHP) and Justice Party (Adalet Partisi—AP), allowing them to run for office and participate in political affairs. The ANAP won 292 of the 450 seats that year. During this time, the ANAP leaders transformed the Turkish economy by beginning free-market reforms, particularly cutting down the public area and
People's Room for events like formal education and village development workshops. By 1950, the number of People's Rooms was over 4,000. People's Room The People's Rooms were state-sponsored Turkish community centers established in the rural parts of Turkey beginning in 1939. The purpose of the People's Rooms was to unite the Turkish people through the expression and manifestation of Turkish culture and Kemalist state policies. The Republican People's Party (Turkish: "Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi"), or the RPP, conceived various means through which to disseminate its nationalist ideology; the People's Houses ("Halkevleri") was one of them. People's Houses were "urban centers" operated by up