Democrat Turkey Party ( tr, Demokrat Türkiye Partisi, DTP) is a former political party in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

, The party was founded by a group of MPs issued from the True Path Party on 7 January 1997. The chairman of the party was Hüsamettin Cindoruk, who was a former chairman of the True Path Party. The party participated in the coalition government of Mesut Yılmaz (30 June 1997 – 11 January 1999). In the 1999 elections they received less than 1% of the vote. Hüsamettin Cindoruk resigned.Biography
/ref> In later years they tried to survive with different chairmen and names and in 2008 the party decided to merge with the People's Ascent Party.

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Defunct political parties in Turkey Political parties established in 1997 Political parties disestablished in 2008 1997 establishments in Turkey 2008 disestablishments in Turkey {{Turkey-party-stub