True Path Party

political party, Turkey

Also known as: DYP, Doǧru Yol Partisi, TPP

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The True Path Party (DYP) was a political party in Turkey. Tansu Çiller, Turkey's first female prime minister, was a prominent leader of the DYP, serving as its leader from 1990 to 2002. The party was part of coalition governments during the 1990s, with Çiller herself serving as prime minister from 1993 to 1996. The DYP faced challenges, including economic difficulties during Çiller's tenure as economics minister and later as prime minister. The party's electoral performance declined, and it failed to win seats in the 2002 elections, after which Çiller stepped down as leader.1

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Necmettin Erbakan
A centre-right coalition of the True Path (Doğru Yol) and Motherland (Anavatan) parties then held power until internal disagreements brought it down in June. Erbakan was again asked to try to form a coalition, and this time, when Tansu Çiller, head of the True Path Party, agreed to join him,…
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A centre-right coalition of the True Path (Doğru Yol) and Motherland (Anavatan) parties then held power until internal disagreements brought it down in June. Erbakan was again asked to try to form a coalition, and this time, when Tansu Çiller, head of the True Path Party, agreed to join him,…
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The Kurdish conflict
…as the leader of the True Path Party (TPP; founded 1983), which won about one-fifth of the vote. Erdal İnönü, the son of İsmet İnönü, led the Social Democratic and Populist Party (SDPP; founded 1985), which gained one-fourth of the vote. Erbakan’s new Welfare Party (WP; an Islamic party) and…
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…as the leader of the True Path Party (TPP; founded 1983), which won about one-fifth of the vote. Erdal İnönü, the son of İsmet İnönü, led the Social Democratic and Populist Party (SDPP; founded 1985), which gained one-fourth of the vote. Erbakan’s new Welfare Party (WP; an Islamic party) and…
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Tansu Çiller
Çiller joined the ruling True Path Party (Doğru Yol Partisi; DYP) in 1990. The following year she was elected to parliament and was named economics minister in Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel’s coalition government. Although she advocated greater privatization of state-owned firms and a balanced budget, it was during her…
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Çiller joined the ruling True Path Party (Doğru Yol Partisi; DYP) in 1990. The following year she was elected to parliament and was named economics minister in Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel’s coalition government. Although she advocated greater privatization of state-owned firms and a balanced budget, it was during her…
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