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837: 861: 825: 30: 849: 589: 674:(CHP) deputies at the time. By calling for widespread political liberalization, it posed the first significant open challenge to the existing one party system from inside CHP itself. Although the motion itself was denied, it is considered an important milestone in the parliamentary history of Turkey, as it kicked off the establishment of a multi-party political system in the country. 773:
The motion was rejected on the ground that the party was already taking steps towards a more democratic environment. This rejection brought the intraparty opposition into the open. The following days were marked by even harder rhetoric by both sides. Two of the signatories, Menderes and Köprülü,
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The actual intent behind the motion has been subject to debate. While it never mentioned a multi-party system and instead was calling for strictly intraparty reforms, many agree that the implicit meaning was the necessity of an opposition party.
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During the budget negotiations on 21 May 1945, some deputies led by Bayar and including Menderes, criticized the fiscal policies of the government extensively, also going on to vote against the proposed budget a week later.
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I did not . I am speaking for myself of course, I cannot speak on the behalf of the others. We were aiming to turn the People's Party into a normal party by strictly intraparty means.
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On 12 June 1945, one day after the land reform law was passed, four CHP deputies submitted a motion about a renovation of the party regulations. This motion is known as
1026: 515: 721:(titled "provision of land to farmers") caused a split in CHP. Many CHP deputies who were also land owners, strongly opposed this law. During these discussions 502: 247: 982: 266: 454: 253: 109: 626: 528: 538: 806: 488: 409: 404: 399: 315: 96: 599: 687: 470: 465: 810: 446: 441: 533: 421: 325: 320: 124: 353: 348: 343: 195: 1031: 928: 907: 802: 691: 651: 567: 307: 299: 89: 790: 619: 51: 950: 836: 335: 221: 794: 510: 683: 671: 381: 376: 371: 148: 860: 82: 1016: 612: 434: 363: 234: 663: 137: 699: 289: 177: 753:. The motion emphasized that the Turkish nation was ready for democracy and wider political freedoms. 778: 294: 260: 213: 686:(CHP) was the only party in the parliament. Although two times opposition parties were founded (the 775: 161: 695: 1011: 478: 154: 61: 43: 824: 707: 493: 391: 66: 885:
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The Turkish Republic was proclaimed on 29 October 1923. However the
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heavily criticized the decision, especially attacking the
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himself, both projects proved to be short-lived. The
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