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The Republican People's Party party was founded by Mustafa Kemal
Atatürk, the father of the Turkish Republic, in 1923, the year
of the proclamation of the Republic.
Prior establishment of multipartism in 1946, the Republican People's
Party was the only authorized party in Turkay. It was suppressed with
all the other political parties in 1980 after the military coup.
Source: Encyclopaedia Universalis
Ivan Sache, 26 April 2001
The above image was drawn after very detailed construction
instructions given on the
party
website (in Turkish).
The six arrows on the red field represent the six basic principles of
the party and its founder, Kemal Atatürk:
The shapes of the arrows are copied from old Turkish arrows. The ratio of the flag is 2:3. The flag was adopted in 1935.
Onur Özgün, 9 August 2001