[1] He had also worked for the military rule as a Minister of Finance.

Other important figures in the party were Yüksel Menderes (Adnan Menderes' son), Aydın Yalçın (academician), Fahrettin Kerim Gökay (former Istanbul mayor) and Yusuf Azizoğlu, (MD and former Silvan mayor).

[2] In the elections held on 15 October 1961, the party received 13.7% of all votes and gained 65 seats in the lower house of the parliament.

The party participated in the 27th government of Turkey (also known as the second coalition government) in which Ekrem Alican was the deputy prime minister between 25 January 1962 and 25 December 1963.

[3] In the elections held on 10 October 1965 YTP received only 3.7% of votes and gained 19 seats.