DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THREE PRINCIPLES OF ATATURK: REPUBLICANISM, LAICISM AND STATISM (1950 - 1960)

The Democratic Party, which was founded in 1946, came to power alone as a single party in the elections held on 14 May 1950 with a serious vote difference The Party also won 3 general selections between the 1950 and 1960 years However this party conducted a dangerous policy on the issues of secularism and republicanism principles which are as well as the basis of the regime The Democratic Party gave the concessions of secularism and republicanism principles many times due to the vote concerns This led to slow the growth of the democratic government in Turkey and the shaping of a general polarization in the state Since the inaugural years of power, The Democratic Party had abandoned the statist economic policies that applied in the period of Ataturk, and turned to the uncontrolled liberalization Despite the fact that these policies caused some shortterm positive results between 1950 and 1954, but the populist investments and unpredicting of a growth oriented production revealed many serious troubles in the economic system During this period, the Turkish Lira lost its value rapidly, the country’s foreign trade deficit increased Therefore, the buying power of people decreased dramatically and Turkey’s current account deficit was reached to the point that threatens the overall saving