Nationalist Task Party Milliyetçi Çalışma Partisi | |
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Abbreviation | MÇP |
Founder | Ali Koç |
Founded | 30 November 1985 |
Dissolved | 24 January 1993 |
Preceded by | Conservative Party |
Succeeded by | Great Union Party Nationalist Movement Party |
Ideology | Turkish nationalism Turkish-Islamic nationalism Cultural nationalism Social conservatism National conservatism Neo-Ottomanism Pan-Turkism Turanism Idealism |
Political position | Far-right |
Colours | Red, White |
Nationalist Task Party or Nationalist Labour Party (Turkish: Milliyetçi Çalışma Partisi) was founded on 30 November 1985, when the Conservative Party changed its name. Its first president is Ali Koç. This party sought the votes of the Nationalist Movement Party after 1980. Former MSP member Abdülkerim Doğru became president on 19 April 1987. Alparslan Türkeş became party president on 4 October 1987 with the lifting of the political ban on former politicians. The Nationalist Task Party won 2.9% of the popular vote in 1987 general election,[1] and they won three municipalities (Elazığ, Erzincan, Yozgat) in the 1989 local elections.[2]