Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1960)
Democrat Party Demokrat Parti | |
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| President | Celâl Bayar (first) Adnan Menderes (second) |
| Founder | Celâl Bayar, Adnan Menderes, Fuat Köprülü and Refik Koraltan |
| Founded | 7 January 1946 |
| Banned | 29 September 1960 |
| Split from | Republican People's Party |
| Succeeded by | Justice Party New Turkey Party |
| Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism Right-wing populism Party program: Kemalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
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The Democrat Party (Turkish: Demokrat Parti, DP for short) was a centre-right political party in Turkey, 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 and Adnan Menderes, 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 Islam, especially at the popular level, in Turkey″.