Citizen's Party (Turkey)

Citizen's Party (Turkish: Vatandaş Partisi) was a former Turkish political party.

The founder of the party was Vural Arıkan who was the Minister of Finance during the 45th government of Turkey between 13 December 1983 - 26 October 1984. Following interparty strife, he resigned from the Motherland Party on 17 May 1985 ^[1] and founded the Citizen's Party on 18 March 1986.^[1] There were only two MPs in the party; Vural Arıkan (İstanbul deputy) and his sister Turkan Arıkan (Edirne deputy) ^[2] After the defeat in the 1986 by-elections however, the party dissolved itself on 3 December 1986.

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^ ^a ^b Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı, Tempo Yayıncılık, p. 328, 335
^ İlter Ertuğrul: Cumhuriyet Tarihi, ISBN 978-9944-344-50-0, p. 150

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[TR-1] Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı, Tempo Yayıncılık, p. 328, 335

[2] İlter Ertuğrul: Cumhuriyet Tarihi, ISBN 978-9944-344-50-0, p. 150

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