One-party period of the Republic of Turkey One-party period of the Republic of Turkey The single-party period of the Republic of Turkey began with the formal establishment of the country in 1923. The Republican People's Party (CHP) was the only party between 1923 and 1945, when the National Development Party was established. After winning the first multiparty elections in 1946 by a landslide, the Republican People's Party lost the majority to the Democratic Party in the 1950 elections. During the single-party period, President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk repeatedly requested that opposition parties be established against the Republican People's Party in order to transition into multi-party democracy; in 1930,
Republic of Macedonia–Turkey relations Republic of Macedonia by Turkey is predicated on Macedonia upholding the free movement and rights of the Albanian community in the country. In February 2018, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed support of the Republic of Macedonia's position during negotiations over the Macedonia naming dispute, saying that Greece's position is wrong. Turkey supports the Republic of Macedonia's bid to join both NATO and the EU. There are 77,959 citizens declared as Turkish in Macedonia, forming 3.85% of the population of the country. The Turks of Macedonia serve as a bridge between the two states, and were part of a program