A Contribution of Democracy Research to Turkish History: Evaluation of The National Turkish Party and Its Program
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to better understand the cosmopolitan pluralistic capital in a political way, we can consider that a newly established party, which formally adopted “Turkish Nationalism”, was able to win a parliamentary seat in armistice Istanbul. The National Turkish Party was not able to open any branch office except in Istanbul. They tried to explain themselves to the masses through the newspaper İfham. The party sent Ahmet Hikmet and Hamdullah Suphi as delegates to the National Congress. They were in conflict with other political organizations because of not taking a harsh attitude towards the Anatolian movement. The Party was strongly criticized especially by the Freedom and Accord Party circles for supporting the movement of the Union for the Defense of Law as well as centralizing the resistance point in Anatolia under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Pasha. After the invasion and abolition of the Ottoman Parliament, the party became unable to work in Istanbul. Ahmet Ferit, Dr. Adnan Adıvar, and Hamdullah Suphi, the founders and directors of the party, moved to Ankara and participated
in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Thus, the political life of the National Turkish Party ended.
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- İfham Newspaper, “A Notable Report of Mustafa Kemal Pasha”, Number:74, October 19, 1919.
- İfham Newspaper, “The National Turkish Party Declaration”, Number: 81, October 22, 1919.
- İfham Newspaper, “Political Economy of the National Turkish Party-Interview with Zühtü Bey, one of the Party Founders and an Economist”, Number: 84, October 25, 1919.
- İfham Newspaper, “The National Turkish Party and Small Business Owner”, Number: 90, October 31, 1919.
- İfham Newspaper, “The Program of the National Turkish Party”, Number:130, December 10, 1919.
- Atabay, Mithat, Turkish Democracy History, Edirne: Paradigma Academy Publications, 2015.
- Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, Ankara: Atatürk Research Center Publishing, 2003.
- Çavdar, Tevfik, Turkey’s History of Democracy (1839-1950), Ankara:İmge Publishing, 2013.
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Yenal Ünal
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0000-0002-4043-8424
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Nisan 2021
Gönderilme Tarihi
4 Şubat 2021
Kabul Tarihi
9 Mart 2021
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2021 Cilt: 13 Sayı: 2
