Republican People's Party of Turkey Quotes
For the People, Despite the People
The CHP is the oldest political party in Turkey. The great Turkish refomer, Ataturk, the first President of Turkey, represented this party. He modernized and cleaned up what was a backward and corrupt country and although there was little bloodshed in the massive cultural transformation, it was very much a top down revolution where the people, like most people, did not welcome radical changes to their society and way of life. Ataturk gave women the vote, imposed compulsory education for both genders, established a parliamentary system, banned traditional garb, and even forced a language change, shifting from the Arabic alphabet to the European Latin Alphabet. Most opposed however was his complete separation of church and state and the transformation of Turkey into a sectarian nation from what had been a theological dictatorship where the Sultan was the absolute ruler of the state and of the Muslim religion.
Republican People's Party (Turkey), Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP), Slogan, ~1923
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She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency
The slogan was used from ~1935-1959
This phrase was coined by Meiklejohn
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The Republican People's Party is a Kemalist, social liberal and a social-democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party of the Republic of Turkey and is currently the main opposition in the Grand National Assembly. The Republican People's Party describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party, which is faithful to the founding principles and values of the Republic of Turkey". Also, the party is cited as "the founding party of modern Turkey".
