Republican Party (Turkey) it was a short lived party. On 28 February 1973 it was merged to Nationalistic Reliance Party (a.k.a. Reliance Party), which was renamed Republican Reliance Party. Republican Party (Turkey) Republican Party () was a former political party in Turkey Republican People’s party (CHP) which is usually credited as the founder of Turkish republic in 1923 was the oldest party in Turkey. But after the party adopted the policy of so-called left of center in the 1960s, two groups of MPs broke away from the party. The first group in 1967 founded the Reliance Party. Republican Party was founded by the
Abdüllatif Şener the 2007 general elections. After leaving the AK Party, he formed a new party; it was officially announced on 27 May 2009 and named the Turkey Party ("Türkiye Partisi"). Şener announced that the Turkey Party was officially closed on 27 August 2012 due to difficulties in maintaining its political goals outside of parliament. In an interview with Halk TV, Şener strongly condemned the AK Party's handling of the 2013 protests in Turkey. Abdüllatif Şener Abdüllatif Şener (born 1954) is a Turkish politician. He was Minister of Finance of Turkey from 1996 to 1997 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to