About one year after the coup of 1980, all political parties were closed by the military regime, or the so-called National Security Council or (Turkish: MGK) regardless of their political views, on 16 October 1981.
Finally, MGK decided to allow the formation of new parties with severe restrictions on their activities.
[1][2] The president of the party was Turgut Sunalp (1917-1999), a retired general who had also been Turkish ambassador to Canada between 1976-1983.
MGK permitted only three parties to participate in the elections held on 6 November 1983.
In the congress held on 13 July 1985 Ülkü Söylemezoğlu replaced Turgut Sunalp.