Motherland Party (Turkey) 1989 to 1993. Özal died in office, and was succeeded by the True Path Party leader, Süleyman Demirel. After the 1983 National assembly, ANAP allowed all political parties to participate in the local elections. In 1987, ANAP removed the 10-year ban on over 200 leaders of the Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi—CHP) and Justice Party (Adalet Partisi—AP), allowing them to run for office and participate in political affairs. The ANAP won 292 of the 450 seats that year. During this time, the ANAP leaders transformed the Turkish economy by beginning free-market reforms, particularly cutting down the public area and
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)