Republican People's Party

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The Republican People's Party is Turkey's oldest political party and a major center-left, secularist force that has played a central role in shaping the country's modern republican identity.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Kemalist party
political party
social-democratic party
corePrinciple laicism
nationalism (Kemalist)
populism
reformism
republicanism (Kemalist six arrows)
statism
country Turkey
electoralBase Alevi community
secular middle class
urban voters
foundedBy Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
governingPeriod 1923–1950
hasChairperson Özgür Özel
hasPart Republican People's Party Women
Republican People's Party Youth
hasRole main opposition party in Turkey
headquartersCountry Turkey
headquartersLocation Ankara
historicalRole founding party of the Republic of Turkey
ruling party in single-party period of Turkey
ideology Kemalism
republicanism
secularism
social democracy
inception 1923
languageOfName Turkish
memberOf Party of European Socialists (observer)
Socialist International
nativeLabel Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
notableEvent 1950 Turkish general election defeat
closure after 1980 Turkish coup d'état
re-establishment in early 1990s
transition to multi-party democracy in Turkey
notableLeader Bülent Ecevit
Deniz Baykal
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
İsmet İnönü
opposes political Islamism in Turkey
parliamentaryGroupIn Grand National Assembly of Turkey
partyColor red
white
partySymbol six arrows
politicalPosition centre-left
predecessor People's Party (Turkey, 1923)
shortName CHP
supports EU accession for Turkey
parliamentary democracy

Referenced by (12)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Nutuk
Turkish nationalism ("Republican People’s Party (historically)")
associatedWith
Republican People's Party ("Republican People's Party Youth")
Republican People's Party ("Republican People's Party Women")
hasPart
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
founderOf
İsmet İnönü ("Republican People’s Party")
memberOf
Republican People's Party ("Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi")
nativeLabel
İsmet İnönü ("Republican People’s Party")
party
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
politicalParty
Republican People's Party ("People's Party (Turkey, 1923)")
predecessor
Nutuk
publisher
Hat Law of 1925 ("Republican People’s Party (Turkey)")
supportedBy

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