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
Communist Workers Party of Turkey Communist Workers Party of Turkey Communist Workers Party of Turkey () is an illegal communist party in Turkey. TKİP was founded in November 1998 by EKİM (October), a group that had split away from the Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey (TDKP) in 1988. Initially EKİM had been known as Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey-Leninist Wing ("Türkiye Devrimci Komünist Partisi-Leninist Kanat"). In February 1999, TKİP suffered a split, and the Revolutionary People's Movement (DHH) was formed. TKİP prisoners in Turkish prisons took part in the death fasts in 2000. TKİP publishes "Ekim" (October), "Kızıl Bayrak" (Red Flag), "Ekim Gençliği" (October Youth)