İngiliz Elçilik Raporlarına Göre Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkanın Kuruluşu ve Sonrasında Yaşanan Gelişmeler
The Establishment of Free Republican Party and the Following Developments According to the British Embassy Reports

Summary/Abstract: Under the influence of the economic crisis affecting the whole world in the 1930s, Turkey developed a range of solutions to mitigate the effects of the crisis. The Free Republican Party, which was established in August 1930 and closed in the same year, was actually one of the measures against the crisis. The Free Republican Party was established by Atatürk, and was also closed by him as the political power. In the days when there was an external pressure on the authoritarian appearance of the young republic, the party was established with the aim of changing this situation. There were also reasons for the establishment of the Free Republican Party except these two conditions. Searching for new sources for the economy, and meeting the credit need of Turkey which could not especially ensure the foreign trade balance were also effective external factors. There is no doubt that one of the most effective reasons for the establishment of the party was to prevent the growing dissatisfaction of the economic crisis after the Progressive Republican Party experience and to prevent this situation from turning into an oppositional movement. Established as a guided opposition party, the Free Republican Party created a profound influence on Turkish political life, despite its short 99-day life span. The party was intensely supported by the masses of and pushed for the power. It may even be mentioned by a Free Republican Party movement because of this influence. The establishment of the Free Republican Party and subsequent developments will be evaluated in the light of British archive documents in our work. The information and interpretations obtained from the documents will be compared with the existing literature on the Free Republican Party. Especially embassy officials followed the establishment of the Free Republican Party and the subsequent developments with interest and prepared detailed reports. The evaluations of the British authorities will contribute to the literature on the Free Republican Party by setting out new and different points of view about the subject.

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