Research Article

REPORTS PREPARED ON THE DEMOCRAT PARTY'S ANTI-REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY ACTIVITIES (1946-1949)

Number: 64 December 31, 2025
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REPORTS PREPARED ON THE DEMOCRAT PARTY'S ANTI-REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY ACTIVITIES (1946-1949)

Abstract

The Democrat Party, founded on January 7, 1946, accelerated its organizational development by 1950, and was viewed as the CHP's greatest political threat. This perspective led the CHP to closely monitor the DP until the 1950 general elections. During these years, when mass media were inadequate, the CHP's awareness of all the DP's political activities in the provinces provided the CHP with the opportunity to position itself politically and, frankly, prevented it from taking unprepared steps. This study assumes significance precisely at this juncture. In this context, almost every political move by the DP between 1946 and 1949 was reported to CHP headquarters by the CHP's provincial organizations, and the study aims to present these reports. In light of the findings, this study aims to examine the power struggle between the DP and CHP before the general elections of May 14, 1950, through the lens of these reports. Thus, a specific perspective on this process is drawn from the political reports concerning the DP that arrived at CHP headquarters on the eve of the general elections. The methodology adopted was primarily an archive-based approach, followed by periodicals and copyrighted works from the period.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

History of The Republic of Turkiye

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2025

Submission Date

July 26, 2025

Acceptance Date

October 10, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Number: 64

APA
Gök, H. V. (2025). Demokrat Parti’nin (DP’nin) Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP) Karşıtı Faaliyetleriyle İlgili Hazırlanan Raporlar (1946-1949). Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İnsan Ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi, 64, 389-416. https://doi.org/10.35237/suitder.1751112