The Free Democratic Party ( tr, Hür Demokrat Parti, HDP), was a center-right

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. The party was founded after 1990 elections by

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. The Free Democratic Party was successor of the Progressive People's Party and its

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. After dissolution of the Free Democratic Party, founder İsmet Kotak and his friends joined the

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