Below is the list of historical parties in Turkey. In this list, the parties that merged to create another party are also shown. Parties that were closed by the military rule in 1981 and continued with the same name afterwards are not shown.
Name | Founded | Closed | Notes about termination | |
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1924 | 1925 | Banned | ||
1930 | 1930 | Self dissolved | ||
1945 | 1958 | Ceased to exist | ||
1946 | 1960 | Banned | ||
Nation Party | 1948 | 1953 | Banned | |
Republican Nation Party | 1954 | 1958 | Fusion and renaming | |
1955 | 1958 | Self dissolved | ||
Republican Villagers Nation Party | 1958 | 1968 | Change identity and name | |
1961 | 1973 | Self dissolved | ||
1961 | 1980 | Banned | ||
1961 | 1981 | Closed by the military rule | ||
Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) | 1962 | 1977 | Self dissolved | |
Republican Reliance Party | 1967 | 1981 | Closed by the military rule | |
1970 | 1971 | Banned | ||
1970 | 1980 | Self dissolved | ||
Republican Party | 1972 | 1973 | Merged into Republican Confidence Party | |
National Women's Party of Turkey | 1972 | 1981 | Closed by the military rule | |
1972 | 1981 | Closed by the military rule | ||
Socialist Revolution Party | 1975 | 1995 | Self dissolved | |
1983 | 1986 | Self dissolved | ||
1983 | 1983 | Banned | ||
Motherland Party (ANAP) | 1983 | 2007 | Merged with True Path Party[1] | |
1983 | 1985 | Merged with SODEP [2] | ||
Social Democracy Party (SODEP) | 1983 | 1985 | Merged with People's Party | |
Welfare Party | 1983 | 1998 | Banned | |
Social Democratic Populist Party | 1985 | 1995 | Merged into Republican People's Party | |
Liberal Democrat Party | 1986 | 1986 | Merged to ANAP | |
Great Anatolia Party | 1986 | 1992 | Self dissolved | |
1990 | 1991 | Merged into True Path Party | ||
1990 | 1993 | Banned | ||
1993 | 1994 | Banned | ||
1994 | 2003 | Banned | ||
Democrat Turkey Party | 1997 | 2008 | Merged to another party | |
1997 | 2001 | Islamist Party; banned for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution | ||
New Turkey Party | 2002 | 2004 | Merged into Republican People's Party | |
2005 | 2009 | Banned for alleged links to the PKK; succeeded by the Peace and Democracy Party | ||
Democratic Left People's Party | 2009 | 2010 | Self dissolved |