Nation Party (Turkey, 1948)

The Nation Party was founded on July 19, 1948 by former prime minister and chief of staff Fevzi Çakmak, Osman Bölükbaşı, Enis Akaygen, Yusuf Hikmet Bayur, Mustafa Kentli, Osman Nuri Köni, Kenan Öner and Sadık Aldoğan.

Before the 1950 elections, on 8 April, Fevzi Çakmak made an announcement claiming that Republican People's Party's oppression was getting fiercer.

In 1954, before the elections on May 2, the Nation Party was shut down and declared outlawed on grounds of "anti-Laïcité" politics.

In 1962, the name was reused when Osman Bölükbaşı and a group of deputies and senators left the CKMP after a conflict and founded a new party.

After some initial electoral success the party did not win any seats in the 1973 general elections, eventually dissolving itself in 1977.