After the death of the founder in a plane crash in 1954,[2] the party could not gain any seats in the parliament in the 1954 and 1957 elections.

Although this offer was attractive for most of the party members, Osman Bölükbaşı was against serving under İsmet İnönü.

The party participated in the coalition government and one member, Hasan Dincer, became the deputy prime minister.

In 1965, a meeting took place with opposition leaders, including the president of CKMP, Ahmet Oğuz and of the revived Nation Party (see below), Osman Bölükbaşı, which caused the government to resign.

In spring 1965, Alparslan Türkeş, along with "the 14s" who were expelled from the National Unity Committee, joined the CKMP.

In August 1965 Türkeş became the new president at the expense of Ahmet Oğuz and many other senior politicians of the party.

[6] The CKMP gained a more nationalistic and Pan-Turkist ideology, and was hierarchically restructured after the old leadership was eliminated from the administration.