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 Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist Istanbul. One MHP member was killed and three injured. The attack was vengeance for the killing of two TKEP/L prisoners. TKEP/L has an organization inside the Turkish prisons, and TKEP/L prisoners have taken part in death fasts mobilized by various revolutionary groups. The youth wing of TKEP/L is called 13 March Young Communist League ("13 Mart Genç Komünistler Birliği"). Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist (in Turkish: "Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi/Leninist") is an illegal communist party in Turkey. TKEP/L was founded on September 1, 1990, following a split in the Communist Labour Party of Turkey (TKEP).