Democrat Party (Turkey)

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political party

The Democrat Party (Turkey) was a major Turkish political party active in the 1950s that ended single-party rule, promoted liberal economic policies, and was overthrown by the 1960 military coup.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946) 2
Democratic Party (Turkey) 2
Democrat Party (Turkey, historical) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Demokrat Parti NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameToPowerVia 1950 Turkish general election ⓘ
chairman Celâl Bayar NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
dissolved 29 September 1961 ⓘ
ended single-party rule in Turkey ⓘ
firstElectionWon 1950 Turkish general election ⓘ
founded 7 January 1946 ⓘ
founder Adnan Menderes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Celâl Bayar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fuat Köprülü NERFINISHED ⓘ
Refik Koraltan NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedType multi-party democracy in Turkey ⓘ
governedUnderConstitution 1924 Constitution of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Ankara NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War era NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
economic liberalism ⓘ
liberal conservatism ⓘ
keyFigure Adnan Menderes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Celâl Bayar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fuat Köprülü NERFINISHED ⓘ
Refik Koraltan NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName Turkish ⓘ
legacy inspiration for later centre-right parties in Turkey ⓘ
legalStatus banned after 1960 coup ⓘ
notableEvent Yassıada trials of party leaders NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedAs splinter from Republican People’s Party ⓘ
overthrownBy 1960 Turkish military coup d’état ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup Grand National Assembly of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
position centre-right ⓘ
predecessor Republican People’s Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidentFromParty Celâl Bayar NERFINISHED ⓘ
primeMinisterFromParty Adnan Menderes NERFINISHED ⓘ
promotedPolicy encouragement of foreign investment ⓘ
infrastructure expansion ⓘ
liberal economic policies ⓘ
pro-market reforms ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
removedFromPowerOn 27 May 1960 ⓘ
resultOfCoup execution of Adnan Menderes ⓘ
execution of Fatin Rüştü Zorlu ⓘ
execution of Hasan Polatkan ⓘ
succeeded single-party rule of the Republican People’s Party ⓘ
successor Justice Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeInGovernment 1950–1960 ⓘ
wonParliamentaryMajorityIn 1950 Turkish general election ⓘ
1954 Turkish general election NERFINISHED ⓘ
1957 Turkish general election ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Celâl Bayar → coFounderOf → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
Adnan Menderes → founderOf → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946)
True Path Party → hasPoliticalLineage → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democrat Party tradition in Turkey
Ord. Prof. Dr. Fuat Köprülü → memberOf → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
subject surface form: Fuat Köprülü
Adnan Adıvar → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
Adnan Menderes → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946)
Ali Fuat Cebesoy → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
Celâl Bayar → memberOfPoliticalParty → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
True Path Party → mergedInto → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Party (Turkey)
Adnan Menderes → movement → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democrat Party era in Turkey
True Path Party → predecessor → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice Party (Turkey)
True Path Party → predecessor → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democrat Party (Turkey, historical)
True Path Party → successor → Democrat Party (Turkey) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Party (Turkey)