Republican National Party ( tr, Cumhuriyetçi Millet Partisi, CMP) was a former
right-wing Turkish political party.
The party was founded by the members of
Nation Party which closed by the court on 27 January 1954.
Osman Bölükbaşı with the former members of the Nation Party founded Republican National Party on 10 February 1954 just two weeks after the closure of the former party.
[Türkiye’nin 75 Yılı, Tempo Yayınları, İstanbul, 1998] Bölükbaşı became the chairman of the party. Even under this unfavorable conditions, in the
elections held on 2 May 1954, Republican National Party won 5 seats by the rhetoric and campaigning efforts of Bölükbaşı.
On June 24, 1957, the parliament stripped the Republican Nation Party leader Osman Bölükbaşı of his
parliamentary immunity on grounds of "insulting the
incorporeal
Incorporeality is "the state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism." Incorporeal (Greek: ἀσώματος) means "Not composed of matter; having no material existence."
Incorporeality is a quality of souls, s ...
personality of the parliament" and Bölükbaşı was arrested on July 2, on a court decision, which was abolished by another court order on July 23. Two days later, on July 25, Bölükbaşı was once again arrested. When he won a seat
at the elections on October 27, along with three more from his party, Bölükbaşı was released on immunity.
On 30 May of the same year
Democrat Party government abolished
Kırşehir Province
Kırşehir Province ( tr, ) is located in central Turkey, forming part of the central Anatolian region. It stands on the North Anatolian Fault, and is currently in an earthquake warning zone. The average elevation is approximately 985 meters abov ...
, Bölükbaşı’s
electoral province. Prime Minister
Adnan Menderes explained the reason of statue change as the abnormality of voters' decision in Kırşehir Province in which the percentage of CMP votes was much higher than that of Turkey in general.
[Altan Öymen:''Öfkeli Yıllar'', Doğan Kitap, İstanbul, 2009, p.500]
(Kırşehir regained its former status on 1 July 1957). Nevertheless Bölükbaşı made a name as an outstanding political opponent of the Democrat Party government with his small party. On 2 July 1957, just after Kırşehir gained its former status, Bölükbaşı was arrested by the accusation of insulting the parliament. Thus he couldn’t campaign for the 1957 elections. However his party increased its votes and Bölükbaşı kept his seat in the elections held on 27 October 1957. One month after the elections he was acquitted.
Merger
On 17 October 1958 Republican Nation Party was merged with the
Turkish Villagers' Party
Turkish Villagers' Party was a former Turkish political party.
Following 27 years of single party rule, the Democrat Party (DP) defeated the Republican People's Party (CHP) in the 1950 elections. However, DP which was a champion of democracy dur ...
and was named as
Republican Peasants' Nation Party.
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Political parties established in 1954
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1958 disestablishments in Turkey