List of historical parties in Turkey
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 termination |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Republican Party | 1924 | 1925 | Banned |
| Liberal Republican Party | 1930 | 1930 | Self dissolved |
| National Development Party | 1945 | 1958 | Ceased to exist |
| Democrat Party | 1946 | 1960 | Banned |
| Nation Party | 1948 | 1953 | Banned |
| Republican Nation Party | 1954 | 1958 | Fusion and renaming |
| Liberty Party | 1955 | 1958 | Self dissolved |
| Republican Villagers Nation Party | 1958 | 1968 | Change identity and name |
| New Turkey Party | 1961 | 1973 | Self dissolved |
| Workers Party of Turkey | 1961 | 1980 | Banned |
| Justice Party | 1961 | 1981 | Closed by the military rule |
| Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) | 1962 | 1977 | Self dissolved |
| Republican Reliance Party | 1967 | 1981 | Closed by the military rule |
| National Order Party | 1970 | 1971 | Banned |
| Democratic Party | 1970 | 1980 | Self dissolved |
| Republican Party | 1972 | 1973 | Merged into Republican Confidence Party |
| National Women's Party of Turkey | 1972 | 1981 | Closed by the military rule |
| National Salvation Party | 1972 | 1981 | Closed by the military rule |
| Socialist Revolution Party | 1975 | 1995 | Self dissolved |
| Nationalist Democracy Party | 1983 | 1986 | Self dissolved |
| Great Turkey Party | 1983 | 1983 | Banned |
| Motherland Party (ANAP) | 1983 | 2007 | Merged with True Path Party[1] |
| People's Party | 1983 | 1985 | Merged with SODEP [2] |
| Social Democracy Party (SODEP) | 1983 | 1985 | Merged with People's Party[2] |
| Welfare Party | 1983 | 1998 | Banned |
| Social Democratic Populist Party | 1985 | 1995 | Merged into Republican People's Party |
| Liberal Democrat Party | 1986 | 1986 | Merged to ANAP |
| Great Anatolia Party | 1986 | 1992 | Self dissolved |
| Democratic Center Party | 1990 | 1991 | Merged into True Path Party |
| People's Labor Party | 1990 | 1993 | Banned |
| Democracy Party | 1993 | 1994 | Banned |
| People’s Democracy Party | 1994 | 2003 | Banned |
| Democrat Turkey Party | 1997 | 2008 | Merged to another party |
| Virtue Party | 1997 | 2001 | Islamist Party; banned for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution |
| New Turkey Party | 2002 | 2004 | Merged into Republican People's Party |
| Democratic Society Party | 2005 | 2009 | Banned for alleged links to the PKK; succeeded by the Peace and Democracy Party |
| Democratic Left People's Party | 2009 | 2010 | Self dissolved |