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 terminationProgressive Republican Party 1924 1925BannedLiberal Republican Party 1930 1930Self dissolvedNational Development Party 19451958Ceased to existDemocrat Party 1946 1960BannedNation Party19481953BannedDemocratic Labour Party19501954Self dissolved Republican Nation Party19541958Fusion and renamingLiberty Party 19551958Self dissolvedRepublican Villagers Nation Party19581968Change identity and nameNew Turkey Party 1961 1973Self dissolvedWorkers Party of Turkey 19611980BannedJustice Party 1961 1981Closed by the military ruleNation Party (Turkey, 1962)19621977Self dissolvedRepublican Reliance Party19671981Closed by the military ruleNational Order Party 1970 1971BannedDemocratic Party 1970 1980Self dissolvedRepublican Party19721973Merged into Republican Confidence PartyNational Women's Party of Turkey 1972 1981Closed by the military ruleNational Salvation Party 1972 1981Closed by the military ruleSocialist Revolution Party19751995Self dissolved Nationalist Democracy Party 1983 1986Self dissolvedGreat Turkey Party 1983 1983BannedMotherland Party (ANAP)19832007Merged with True Path PartyTo continue as Democrat PartyPeople's Party 1983 1985 Merged with SODEPTo continue as Social Democratic Populist PartySocial Democracy Party (SODEP) 1983 1985Merged with People's Party Welfare Party1983 1998BannedSocial Democratic Populist Party19851995Merged into Republican People's PartyLiberal Democrat Party19861986Merged to ANAPGreat Anatolia Party19861992Self dissolvedDemocratic Center Party 1990 1991Merged into True Path PartyPeople's Labor Party 1990 1993BannedDemocracy Party 1993 1994Banned People’s Democracy Party 1994 2003Banned Democrat Turkey Party19972008Merged to another party Virtue Party 1997 2001Islamist Party; banned for violating the secularist articles of the ConstitutionNew Turkey Party 2002 2004Merged into Republican People's Party Democratic Society Party 2005 2009Banned for alleged links to the PKK; succeeded by the Peace and Democracy PartyDemocratic Left People's Party20092010Self dissolvedHomeland Party20212025Self dissolved