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
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