Progress Party or Party for Progress () was a

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led by

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, described as the "spurious" party of government and functioning as a "vehicle for executing royal intentions" of

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. Modeled after Mussolini's

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and Atatürk's

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, it subscribed ideas similar to the short-lived New Iran Party. With the fall of

in late 1932, the party soon melted away and was outlawed on the grounds that it harbors republican sentiments.

References

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