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== Formation of Great Turkey Party ==
Great Turkey Party was planned by the followers of the ex [[Justice Party (Turkey)|Justice Party (AP)]] of Turkey, which was the governing party before the coup. Although Justice Party leader [[Süleyman Demirel]] was politically banned, the proposed party immediatelly came to be known as Demirel’s party. Because mostsome of his close friends became(like [[Hüsamettin Cindoruk]]) were among the charter members. Moreover, the ''Great Turkey'' phrase in the name of the party was Demirel’s political slogan in his former election rallies.
 
The leader of the party was [[Fethi Esener]], a retired major general. He founded the party on the 21st of May.<ref> ''Türkiye'nin 75 yılı'', Tempo, 1998</ref> Immidiatelly two waves of ex MPs entered the party; first a group of 134 and then another group of 33.