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the Committee of Union and Progress. Under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, these groups united at the 1919 Sivas Congress. Founded as the 'People's Party' in 1923, the organisation adopted the prefix 'Republican' shortly after the proclamation of the Republic. Under Atatürk's first presidency, the party oversaw the establishment of the Turkish Republic. As Turkey moved into

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