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Republic of Turkey

Official Name: Republic of Turkey

Ruling Party: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi^note Republican People's Party

Ideology: Kemalism^note Paternalism

Late in WWII, the young republic of Turkey opportunistically joined the Axis, and annexed swathes of Greek, Syrian, and Caucasian territory it claimed in its "Misak-ı Millî" ("National Pact") decades prior. Now a powerful "Kemalist Empire", post-war Turkey struggled for its own space on the global stage, and is at present Italy's strained ally of convenience. Internally torn by ethnic discontent and democratic backsliding, Turkey has to reconcile its Kemalist ideals and its geopolitical reality to safeguard its people and its future.

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General Tropes

• The Assimilator: The various regional identities of Turkey are suppressed to discourage regionalism or separatism. Since 1927 numerous Inspectorate Generals were established which have limitless control to Turkify the region, crush opposition and revitalise the economy. The Turkish government considers everyone in the country to be Turkish and those who want to separate to be backwards. The various non-Turkish people within Turkey are encouraged to adopt Turkish names and shed use of their native languages. One event details how a young Kurdish girl in Elazığ was forced to adopt a Turkish name and hair cut who is a good student but gets the occasional rap across the knuckles for slipping into Kurdish.
• Believing Their Own Lies: Many Turks believe in, or at least pay lip service to, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's legacy and Turkey's rightful place in the current world order. By 1962, however, the facade has begun breaking down as the costs of maintaining regional hegemony pile up, along with atrocities against Kurds and Armenians. This eventually forces the country to come to grips with itself. Which includes whether to live up to Kemalism as it ought to be or to jettison it entirely.
• Broken Pedestal: Time has gradually eroded Atatürk's vision even though many still pay lip service to it. While Atatürk himself remains respected, and even the opposition parties claim to uphold Kemalist principles, the Turkey of 1962 diverges greatly from what he envisioned. Whether it can be rekindled and reformed is up in the air.
• Crushing the Populace: While not nearly as severe an example as the Nazis or Japanese, intimidation and terror is still the primary method by which the Republic maintains control over the non-Turkish ethnic groups within its borders.
• Enemy Mine: If Turkey loses the Italo-Turkish War, they can join either the American or Japanese spheres of influence. There's no affection between either of these nations, but as far as they're concerned, Turkey needs foreign investors to save their collapsing economy, the competing superpowers need a foothold in the Middle East, and both want an alliance to dissuade a potential German invasion.
• Evil Colonialist: Since seizing Armenia and Syria from the USSR and France, Turkey could not control all of their territory, so they set up Inspectorate Generals to manage their vassals with unlimited power, including the deportation Armenians and Kurds from their homes to the Levant, the Turkification of their cultures, and the violent suppression of all separatist dissent. Turkey's ultimate ambition is to eventually annex these Inspectorate Generals, as can happen with Rhodes and Cyprus.
• Fascist, but Inefficient: The Inspectorates are government commissions intended to speed up Turkification programs, but all they've done is spark powerful separatist movements among ethnic minorities who have been deported or otherwise oppressed. The Turkish government must be sure to keep the population consciousness and discontent down to hold on to its empire; high variables of either will lead to stronger riots or insurrections.
• Hypocrite: The CHP prides themselves as the inheritor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's legacy, who advocated sweeping reforms to modernize Turkey. Despite this, the CHP ruthlessly crushes any opportunity for reform, suppressing any parties or opinions that dare criticize how they are running things. A newspaper article in reaction to a "CHP Landslide Victory" lampshades the hypocrisy.
  Wasn't reformism one of their core principles?
• Know When to Fold 'Em: Recognizing that keeping their empire together is more trouble than its worth, a progressive Turkish administration can negotiate with the separatist movements in their occupied territories and give them their independence.
• Moral Myopia: Turkey dislikes Italy's imperialistic control over the Suez Canal, exploiting the Turkish trade there to enrish itself at the expense of their supposed ally. However, Turkey engages in its own hegemonic expansions into the Middle East, abusing and deporting the non-Turkic minorities living within their empire.
• Pyrrhic Victory:
  • Despite their territorial gains in World War II and becoming an empire, the domestic situation has since turned on Turkey, as the people they've conquered clamor for independence and the CHP's hold over the government is slipping.
  • Turkey was rewarded control of Western Thrace from Bulgaria, but this gain could prove short-lived, if the Hellenic State retakes it in the Italo-Turkish War.
• La Résistance: The Northern Alliance for the Syrian Independence and Liberty (NASIL) is a resistance group operating in northern Syria, which has been occupied directly by Turkey since the Second World War ended.
• Regime Change:
  • In the Turkes Kenes, Turkey may approve of Karryev's coup in Turkmenistan, ousting whoever was previously in charge and making the country a more suitable proxy for their intersts.
  • Daoud Khan's coup against Zahir Shah in Afghanistan may also be backed by Turkey.
• Status Quo Is God: Subverted. Unlike most nations in the mod, Turkey will experience a major political shift in 1971, as politicians switch parties and new factions form to appeal to demographics that would otherwise lack representation. Among the changes:
  • The Demokratik Yenileme Partisi undergoes a schism between the socialist and liberal politicians, where the former congregate under the Türkiye İşçi Partisi and the latter congregate under either the Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi or Yeni Türkiye Partisi.
  • Islamists and Turkish nationalists leave the Ulusal Demokrat Parti to form the Adalet Partisi and Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi respectively. Meanwhile, Bayar reorganizes the UDP to just the Demokrat Parti.
  • The Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi may reorient themselves into a more left-wing direction, under the leadership of Ecevit. Additionally, several nationalists from the CHP defect to the newly formed MHP, disliking the center-left position of the old party.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork:
  • Turkey became a brief ally to Germany during World War II, but it was obvious that their truce was based entirely on German intimidation and the convenience of taking territory owned by the Allies. As a result, their short-lived, working relationship proved extremely tumultuous.
  • Even though they start in the same faction, Turkey's relationship with Italy is the tensest between the three main powers of the Triumvirate, mainly due to their border disputes in the Middle East. These squabbles eventually escalate into the Second Italo-Turkish War.
• Unperson: Ethnic minorities are regularly oppressed by the Turkish police to prevent rebellion, where they are kidnapped at night and never seen or heard from again.
• You Are What You Hate: For all their hatred towards Italy, the Turkish government has taken inspiration from several of its institutions to hold on to their power, such as the Grand National Assembly's derivation from the Grand Council of Fascism in its rabid rejection of anything deemed anti-Kemalist. In general, İnönü's regime upholds the ideals of "Nationalism, Statism, and Militarism", which check a couple of ideological tenets from fascism.
• You Cannot Kill An Idea: Despite the best efforts of successive Turkish governments to enforce the Kemalist ideals, most remain passive if not outright hostile to Kemalism. Socialist, liberal and traditionalist elements within Turkish society consistently threaten the Kemalist political establishment in addition to continued agitation from the regional identities within Turkey. No matter what path Turkey goes down, none of these ideas, including Kemalism, can be destroyed.

CHP Politicians

İsmet İnönü

Role: President^note Head of State

Party: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi^note Republican People's Party

Ideology: Kemalism^note Paternalism, Left Kemalism^note Progressivism (CHP Reorientation)

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}If Mustafa Kemal was the father of the Turks, then Ismet Inönü is their Godfather. What could suffice, to describe the life of the man whose very whims have defined the policies of nations, armies, and empires?

Born to a Kurdish father in Smyrna in the year 1884, and faced with the weight of an empire collapsing all around him, Inönü served the Ottoman army with distinction in Yemen, in Rumelia, and under Mustafa Kemal himself in the war of liberation against the old empires of Europe. Ismet was a man truly committed to seeing the Turkish nation rise restored from the ashes of the caliphate, and quickly rose through the ranks of the new revolutionary guard until he was no less than Atatürk's own right hand.

Tensions had always existed between Kemal's strident pragmatism and Ismet's uncompromising will, and burst into sparks on numerous occasions in the past. Today, with the days of the Ghazi confined merely to memory, many claim that the old Vizier has overstepped his limits. That he had sold the nation to her enemies, that he had turned it against the very principles it was founded on. But those claims were nothing; Nothing save for insults to the very legacy of Atatürk.

In his long tenure as President of the Turkish republic, Ismet Inönü has pursued a single aim with a single mind: the survival of the Turkish state that he had helped found from nothing. When the State's interests called for detente with the Fascists, he had followed them. When they demanded the jackboot and the butt of the rifle, he heeded them. Through the great trials of the past three decades, he marched on: Battered and bloodied and slandered - but never beaten.

The state that stands today is a testament to the man's political ability and above all to his uncompromising will. A great Turkish state: one that will remain great, no matter the cost.

President of Turkey since 1938.

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• Boomerang Bigot: Inönü, who is of Kurdish descent himself, represses the Kurdish population in the southeast to prevent them from rebelling.
• The Chains of Commanding: While Inönü still tries to live up to Atatürk's legacy, it's implied that he feels the heavy burden on his shoulders, and regrets if not resents the policies he's encouraged to ensure Turkey's survival as a regional power.
• Choosing Neutrality: With bitter memories of the Turkish War for Independence, Inönü tried to remain neutral in World War II. Unfortunately, pressure from the Axis and his own government forced him to join with the Axis, sweeping into Allied territory in the Middle East and the Balkans.
• I Did What I Had to Do: Inönü's flavor text implies that he views all the compromises he made to make Turkey survive as regrettable acts.
• Ironic Echo: As his actions and disparaging moniker suggest, Inönü' has increasingly become more like the Grand Viziers from the waning years of the Ottoman Empire than anything else, clashing with his pretensions of being Atatürk's greatest champion.
• Let No Crisis Go to Waste: When it became clear that the Axis were going to win the Second World War, Inönü joined them in the final stages of the conflict and swept to occupy all of their claimed territory that they had lost to Russia, Britain, and France in past treaties.
• Old Retainer: He has been a longtime ally of Atatürk and strongly believes that he is the greatest champion of his ideals.
• Patriotic Fervor: İnönü turns to unbridled nationalism to ensure stability and combat the combined threat of separatists and opponents to his regime.
• Pragmatic Villainy: According to "The Odyssey" dev diary, İnönü can invite left-wing reformers to make some free-market reforms that would reinvigorate the stagnant economy.
• The Rival: He and Bayar have had a long-lived rivalry over ideological differences, starting back when they competed to be Atatürk's Prime Minister.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Inönü did not appreciate Bayar's advocacy of Etatist economic policies, even though they benefited Turkey in its early years.
• Villain with Good Publicity: If Turkey wins the Italo-Turkish War, Inönü's popularity will skyrocket to unprecedented levels and ensure the continued dominance of orthodox Kemalism. Meanwhile, any opposition party to Inönü is rendered toothless and there is only the slimmest chance that things can reform within the reformist wing of the CHP.
• Villainous Friendship: His alliance with Italy was based partially on his personal friendship with the Duce, Mussolini. With him gone, Inönü has fewer reasons to stick with the Triumvirate.
• War Hero: İnönü became famed for his stellar military record in the Greco-Turkish War, allowing to become the right hand man to Atatürk.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: İnönü will do anything to keep the Turkish state alive, even if it means working with fascist states and oppressing the people he rules over.
• What Were You Thinking?: In 1938, İnönü signed a law to create a Turkish Grand Council of Fascism, based on the one in Mussolini's Italy. Atatürk was rightfully astounded by the suggestion and immediately shot it down.
• What You Are in the Dark: For all of İnönü's pretensions of being Atatürk's rightful successor, behind closed doors he's less than certain given what he's done to keep Kemalism, and Turkey's standing as a regional power, alive.

Tropes pertaining to upcoming content

• Let No Crisis Go to Waste: In the Turkey starting screen teaser, İnönü used the German economic crash to give tactical support to the orthodox wing of the CHP and oust Prime Minister Atay in 1954, securing his dominance over the party.
• Pragmatic Villainy: İnönü, despite wishing to maintain total CHP dominance over Turkish society, initiated a gradual democratization policy in the starting screen teaser because he believed that democracy was inevitable by that point. Whether it came by reform or revolution was in his hands and he chose the former. That being said, the democratization efforts have been slow and often stalled by İnönü's deliberate attempts to divide the opposition between the UDP and DYP.
• Rousing Speech: When Turkey wins the Italo-Turkish War and the CHP secures reelection in the centennial teaser, İnönü will give an optimistic victory speech in Istanbul's Taksim Square, thanking his supporters and promising a continued commitment to fighting injustice within Turkey and ensuring military prowess.
• Strong Empire, Shriveled Emperor: When elected in the CHP outcome from the interactive Turkey teaser, Inönü is shown to not be in the best health, with his body aching and his coughing getting worse by the day.

Nihat Erim

Role: Minister of Foreign Affairs^note Foreign Minister (Inönü cabinet, Italo-Turkish War victory), Head of State (1971 election)

Party: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi^note Republican People's Party

Ideology: Kemalism^note Paternalism

In-Game Biography (Foreign Minister) ^{Click to Show}For Nihat Erim, the CHP is not in the gutters... but it is in a frustrating situation that needs ironing out.

Gülek becoming the party secretary was unacceptable to Nihat, but his opposition has been fruitless, as proven by his reduction to a mere minister of infrastructure. As Inönü's representative in the assembly, Nihat is the face of the present. Ecevit, Feyzioglu, and Gülek continue to attempt to undermine the status quo, and Nihat grows tired of it.

Nihat's ideal CHP is not an aspiration; It exists now. He seeks to work his way to the top and to steady the party. Atatürk's vision already keeps the nation safe, and with foreign encroachment more likely than ever, Turkey needs a safe bet.

So where better to find that safe bet? We already hold the cards!

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• Meet the New Boss: Erim's ideology is little different from Inönü's, so his election in 1971 signals the continued, one-party rule of the authoritarian CHP and orthodox Kemalists. This naturally puts him at odds with Gülek, whom Erim strongly recommended against becoming party secretary, but his advice was ignored and he was relegated to being minister of infrastructure.

Tropes pertaining to upcoming content

• Appeal to Tradition: Erim's ideal vision of the CHP is the status quo, with some minor changes if needed. He openly opposes the various reformist factions within the CHP, arguing that Atatürk's vision is already being upheld and that the country should stick to their traditional political structures. In the centennial teaser, he openly complains to İnönü about Gülek's ambitions to create a new CHP and discusses the possibility of sidelining him.
• History Repeats: More than a few observers in the Turkey centennial teaser comment on Erim's advocacy of orthodox Kemalism and the potential consequence of condemning Turkey to another 40 years of absolute CHP dominance.
• Passed-Over Promotion: As mentioned in the Turkey starting screen teaser, Nihat Erim lead the orthodox opposition to Atay in 1954. However, this made him a controversial figure and he overlooked by İnönü when choosing a new Prime Minister, even though Erim eyed the position. İnönü instead appointed Hasan Saka.

Bülent Ecevit

Role: Minister of Labor^note Economy Minister (Inönü cabinet, Italo-Turkish War victory), Head of State (1971 election)

Party: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi^note Republican People's Party

Ideology: Left Kemalism^note Progressivism

In-Game Biography (Economy Minister) ^{Click to Show}Bülent Ecevit is many things: A poet, an academic, a column writer, and today, Turkey's labor minister. He represents a growing movement within the CHP, seeking a realignment of the party leftwards.

The CHP, in Bülent's mind, is at a crossroads. With the introduction of multi-party elections, the party line could no longer be maintained; It needed a shakeup. Bülent's vision of a new CHP would address two main issues: Peasants' and Workers' Rights. The CHP of the future would embrace these "issues" and turn them into guarantees, carving out a spot in the center-left.

With his working-class supportive stance, it is no surprise he has many fans in the common folk. A bright new face in the CHP, he will continue to push the party towards his goals, even if he can only nudge it for now.

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• Gentleman and a Scholar: Ecevit is a poet, academic, writer and major reformist CHP politician.
• Internal Reformist: Ecevit wants to reform the CHP into a social democratic party, wishing to implement stronger social welfare programs under the Kemalist principles of populism and statism.
• Patriotic Fervor: He's committed to serving his country, while his desire to reform the CHP is borne from seeking to fulfill Atatürk's legacy, as it ought to be, rather than what it's turned into.
• Rebuilt Pedestal: Ecevit seeks to rekindle the memory of Atatürk through his reforms.

Tropes pertaining to upcoming content

• Allohistorical Allusion: Many of Ecevit's views and policies in the Turkey centennial teaser are based on his real life tenure as Prime Minister, which not only introduced social democratic ideas to Turkey, but also served as the foundation for modern Kemalism.
• Hypocrisy Nod: In an event from the centennial teaser, Ecevit is accused of hypocrisy by a student while he is giving a campus about the need for worker rights, safety, and welfare, yet partakes in the same regime that threw Nâzım Hikmet in prison. However, Ecevit deflects the criticism by calling Nâzım Hikmet one of Turkey's greatest poets and a victim of Peker's anti-communist purges, concluding that he too was a political prisoner and is now here to enact change.

Fahri Korutürk

Role: Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey^note Head of Government (Inönü cabinet)

Party: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi^note Republican People's Party

Ideology: Left Kemalism^note Progressivism

In-Game Biography (Head of Goverment) ^{Click to Show}Admiral Korutürk's career has borne witness to several eras of the Turkish Republic. The Istanbulite earned his spurs in the unstable world of the thirties, taking part in numerous missions and naval attachés across old Europe and quickly becoming fluent in the language of diplomacy. The end of the war sealed all chances of any career in the Navy. Instead, he earned prominent postings as an ambassador to Turkey's allied states.

A veteran of the Triumvirate's paradoxical procedures and present ever since its founding under Inonu and Mussolini, Korutürk's appointment as Prime Minister has reoriented Turkey's vision outwards, towards its dubious allies.

Prime Minister of Turkey

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• Internal Reformist: With Ecevit's support to become President, Korutürk is poised to reform Turkey into a strong welfare state.
• War Hero: Korutürk is a seasoned veteran of the navy, who has turned to politics.

Cevdet Sunay

Role: Head of State (1971 Election)

Party: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi^note Republican People's Party

Ideology: Kemalism^note Paternalism

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• Meet the New Boss: With Inönü's retirement by 1971, Sunay will represent his traditional, conservative Kemalist values in the election, backed by the orthodox faction of the CHP.

DYP Politicians

Behice Boran

Role: Head of State (1963 and 1971 elections)

Party: Demokratik Yenileme Partisi^note Democratic Renewal Party (pre-1971), Türkiye İşçi Partisi^note Workers' Party of Turkey (post-1971)

Ideology: Left-Wing Populism^note Progressivism (1963), Left-Wing Nationalism^note Socialism (1971)

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Behice was born the youngest of three siblings to Kazan Tartar parents in Bursa, 1910. After completing primary schooling she enrolled into the American College for Girls in Istanbul. With adept skills in foreign languages and a scholarship from the University of Michigan, she completed her academic education with a PhD in sociology in 1939. Afterwards she accepted an Associate Professorship at Ankara University teaching foreign language, history and geography.

Boran had an interest during her professorship in writing political papers. Though at times called a Marxist, her writings never garnered the attention or condemnation from İnönü's administration despite leftist leanings in the texts. But when the Second General Inspectors were established in 1956, Boran could no longer remain silent and spoke out rather harshly against the act. For this she was imprisoned for 32 months.

When her sentence ended, Boran formed TIP which failed to garner enough votes to challenge CHP in any meaningful way. It did, however, lead to an alliance with Türkân Akyol and the formation of DYP. Boran does not believe that there can be a worker's revolution in Turkey but instead she advocates for trade unions being the vehicle to shift Turkish politics further to the left.

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• Being Good Sucks: In the one occasion she spoke up against the CHP for establishing the Second General Inspectors, Boran was sentenced to 32 months of imprisonment. This did not discourage her, as she formed the TIP party after her release to challenge the CHP.
• Chummy Commies: The TİP is one of the more explicitly socialist ones in the Turkish political scene, in which Boran will promise a universal basic income and increased wealth tax if she gets elected.
• Defector from Decadence: After 1971, Boran will leave the DYP to re-form the TİP, a more explicitly socialist party that she believes will address the wealth inequality plaguing Turkey.
• Internal Reformist: Boran presents herself as a social progressive who will reverse the authoritarianism of the CHP, give the citizens their long-overdue liberties and rights, and work towards an egalitarian future.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: If her reforms backfire, they will create political violence in Turkey, which may incentivize the Turkish military to intervene and establish a military junta.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: She recognizes that a full-blown worker's revolution in Turkey would lead to disaster, so she instead advocates more moderate methods of shifting power to trade unions instead.

Tropes pertaining to upcoming content

• Dawn of an Era: In her teased election event, she makes a dramatic speech about Turkey entering a new era where the common man can no longer live in fear of a tyrannical government.

Mehmet Ali Aybar

Role: Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey^note Head of Government (1963 election)

Party: Demokratik Yenileme Partisi^note Democratic Renewal Party

Ideology: Left-Wing Populism^note Progressivism, Reformist Socialism^note Socialism

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• Number Two: Aybar is the Prime Minister under President Boran, making Aybar her right-hand.

Tropes pertaining to upcoming content

• The Leader: In the Turkey starting screen teaser, Aybar was elected by the DYP's party congress to be their party secretary, which currently puts their socialist wing in charge for the time being.

Kemal Türkler

Party: Demokratik Yenileme Partisi^note Democratic Renewal Party (pre-1971), Türkiye İşçi Partisi^note Workers' Party of Turkey (post-1971)

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• Internal Reformist: Türkler is an influential member within the DYP, in which he assists Boran's mission to reform Turkey into a progressive nation.

Türkân Akyol

Role: Head of State (1971 election)

Party: Demokratik Yenileme Partisi^note Democratic Renewal Party (pre-1971), Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi^note Social Democracy Party (post-1971)

Ideology: Progressive Liberalism^note Liberalism

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• The Friend Nobody Likes: Akyol's progressive liberal values have won few friends in the Grand National Assembly, as her relatively moderate ideology means that nobody thinks that she'll be a committed ally to their political agenda.
• Internal Reformist: Sympathetic to the plights of women and non-Turkish minorities, Akyol seeks to enact progressive reforms that will address their inequalities.
• The Remnant: After Boran leaves the DYP, Akyol takes over and reorganizes the party into the SODEP.

UDP Politicians

Celâl Bayar

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Role: Head of State (1963 and 1971 elections)

Party: Ulusal Demokrat Parti^note United Democrat Party (pre-1971), Demokrat Parti^note Democrat Party (post-1971)

Ideology: Liberal Conservatism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Mahmud Celâleddin Bayar was born in the coastal province of Bursa, to a family of Bulgarian Turkish migrants. Immediately bright, the young Bayar enjoyed a promising career in banking after finishing his education. The political turmoil borne out of the first world war soon drew him and many other like-minded men towards the political world; Bayar served as a representative in the Ottoman parliament before finally joining Mustafa Kemal pasha's revolutionary circles as an attorney and civil adviser.

Growing into a talented and respected politician during the days of Atatürk's Kemalist revolution, Bayar emerged as the pre-eminent advocate for a more flexible and capitalistic policy of Etatism. Indeed, many of the Republic's early success can be attributed to Bayar's programs. This did not earn him the love of the decidedly interventionist İnönü, and the two of them oft competed for the position of Prime Minister under Atatürk's presidency, before he was eventually expelled from the CHP alongside three of his allies in the later years of İnönü's tenure for daring to criticize the CHP's blatant neglect. Bayar was encouraged to found his own party instead, leading to the birth of the first Ulusal Demokrat Parti. This was a move that proved immensely successful: For he now stands proud as the third President of the Republic of Turkey.

Promising the people democratic reform and a liberalized and rejuvenated economy after decades of stagnation under İnönü's CHP, Bayar's party has nonetheless been accused of populist leanings, and even of steering away from the principles of Kemalism. - a case strengthened by Prime Minister Menderes's notorious rabble-rousing rhetoric, and the fact the DP itself had only won the election leading a coalition of Right wing groups with dubious Kemalist credentials, and well-known ties to the wolves.

Bayar himself has steered clear of such accusations intending to provide a firm hand that will lead the Republic to her rightful place as a modern and prosperous Turkish state.

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• Arch-Enemy: Bayar has been one of the most long-lived enemies of İnönü, being an outspoken critic against his ideology and the current political establishment.
• Broken Pedestal: Downplayed. Bayar still holds Ataturk and his vision for Turkey in high regard. He nonetheless comes to believe that by Kemalism in its current form has outlived its usefulness, if not become a threat to the nation's future.
• Defector from Decadence: He used to be a part of the CHP, but his disillusionment in its policies and rivalry with İnönü led him to resign from Parliament in protest and found his own political party.
• Internal Reformist: Criticizing the stagnation of İnönü's administration, Bayar promises to liberalize Turkey, even if it means getting accused of steering the country away from Kemalism.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: If his reforms backfire and destabilize the domestic scene in Turkey, the Turkish military may launch a coup to end the violence and create a dictatorial military junta in its place.
• The Rival: Bayar's advocation of Etatism and capitalism earned him the ire of the more interventionist İnönü, in which both competed for the position of Prime Minister under Atatürk's presidency. When he was eventually kicked out for criticizing İnönü, Bayar just formed his own party in opposition to the CHP.
• Start My Own: Bayar and his allies were expelled from the CHP for criticizing the party's stagnation and interventionist economic policies. In response, they just formed their own party, the UDP.

Tropes pertaining to upcoming content

• Inspirational Martyr: Celâl Bayar's mysterious murder, along with the banning of the UDP's predecessor party and Peker's continued suppression, turned Bayar into a martyr for the democratization movement in the Turkey starting screen teaser.
• Posthumous Character: Bayar was instrumental to the UDP's founding, but he's long dead now, having been assassinated by the CHP regime.

Necip Fazıl

Role: Head of State (1971 elections)

Party: Ulusal Demokrat Parti^note United Democrat Party (pre-1971), Adalet Partisi^note Justice Party (post-1971)

Ideology: Islamic Conservatism^note Conservatism

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• Defector from Decadence: Fazıl and the other Islamic politicians leave the UDP, believing that it has gone too secular in its direction.
• Good Old Ways: Fazıl promises a return to old Islamic ideas that once defined Turkey decades before, even if it makes him disliked by secular politicians and especially by the military.
• Start My Own: Disliking the more liberal direction of the UDP, Fazıl will defect and establish the AP, a rival political party that champions Islamic ideals.
• Turbulent Priest: If elected, Fazıl promises to start a revival of Islamic ideals, which he believes is needed to fix the corruption in Turkey's government.

Alparslan Türkeş

Role: Head of State (1971 election)

Party: Ulusal Demokrat Parti^note United Democrat Party (pre-1971), Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi^note Nationalist Movement Party (post-1971)

Ideology: National Conservatism^note Paternalism

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• Defector from Decadence: Türkeş and other disgruntled nationalists field their own party along extreme nationalist lines, claiming this as a reaction to the CHP's betrayal of nationalist values.
• Patriotic Fervor: Türkeş wants to purge Turkey of all foreign influences and repudiates the minority ethnic identities in the country, believing that every citizen is Turkish.
• Renegade Splinter Faction: Türkeş' supporter base consists of the former nationalist faction of the UDP, and potentially orthodox nationalists who split off from the CHP after it politically realigned to a center-left position.
• Start My Own: Türkeş, as the former leader of the UDP's nationalists, founds the MHP following the former party's collapse.

Turkish Armed Forces

Cemal Gürsel

Role: Military Commander, Security Minister (İnönü cabinet), Head of State (Pre-1966 Coup)

Party: Milli Birlik Komitesi^note National Unity Committee

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

In-Game Biography (Security Minister) ^{Click to Show}Born in Erzurum in 1895, Cemal Gürsel's career in the Turkish military is perhaps the only one that can rival the President's own. Serving With distinction in the Ottoman army during the First World War, Gürsel was captured by the British in 1917 and learned French if only to spite his captors, before returning as a seasoned commander to lead new Republic's militias in the Turkish War of Independence and the Turkish Armed Forces to victory in the Second World War. A capable and popular member of the President's cabinet, the old General is adored by the public and the military in equal parts.

So far, he has used this influence to disseminate one message:

A strong and professional military, dedicated to serving the Turkish state - and the Turkish people.

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show} A nineteen year old teen lays dead under the sun in the mornings, under the stars in the nights, on Beyazıt Square in Istanbul

Cemal Gürsel is a tired man. He has been tired for a very long time. The crown of Turkey sits upon a weary and worn brow of man approaching his seventeenth year. For his nation, Cemal would give everything; he has given everything. When asked to serve above and beyond the call of duty for most men he already surpassed that expectation. And yet he is called once more in service of a coup that he does not believe in.

But the blood is spilled. A boy lays dead with a school book on his hand. On one hand a dream that never started. Cemal understands that democracy in Turkey may never recover. He cannot allow that to happen. Democracy must return. He did not serve his whole life, he did not survive malaria under the British, he did not fight in the furnace of the Independence War to be broken now.

There is no other path for Cemal except forward. The same choice he had in the desert, against the Italians and Ba'athists. Though he may wish now never to have emerged out of that goddamn desert with the task ahead of him. The only way is forward. For Cemal can trust no other man to resist the temptation to snuff out the flame of freedom forever. Those who have died in this damned coup, those who will continue to die from its aftermath, must have died for something. Cemal will make sure that happens. The only way is forward.

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• Cincinnatus: After couping the government, Gürsel vows to restore the democratic government someday, even if he knows that such a system may never recover.
• Military Coup: If the domestic situation in Turkey grows too chaotic or deviates too radically from Kemalism, Gürsel will launch a military coup against the civilian government, vowing to restore order and put the country on the right track.
• Reluctant Ruler: Gürsel is uneasy about launching a coup, but he goes along with it anyway because he doesn't see any other choice.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Gürsel isn't proud of couping the government and oppressing the Turkish people, but he sees it as the only way to safeguard the country from further trouble.

Cemal Tural

Role: Military Commander, Head of State (Post-1966 coup)

Party: Milli Birlik Komitesi^note National Unity Committee

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

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• Developer's Foresight: Tural organizes the military coup when its usual leader, Cemal Gürsel, passes from natural causes in 1966.
• Military Coup: If the separatist movements grow too powerful and the political scene becomes too chaotic, Tural and his clique of officers will forcefully take over the government in a desperate bid to restabilize the country, even as they arrest thousands of perceived enemies and have no intention of letting go of power any time soon.

Governorates

Mosul and Kerkuk

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Official Name: Mosul and Kerkuk Provincial Governorate, Republic of Kurdistan (Iraqi Civil War, Independence)

Ruling Party: M&K U-M

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

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• All for Nothing: During the 1958 Iraqi Revolution, some Kurdish tribes sided with the Triumvirate, joining forces with Turkey to fight for their freedom. Their efforts were rendered moot when Northern Iraq was annexed by Turkey.
• Puppet State: They're a collaborationist administration that is officially considered part of the Republic of Turkey, and obeys Ankara's every order.
• Throw the Dog a Bone:
  • Under a progressive Turkey, Kurdistan can be given their independence after Turkey begins decolonisation, finally allowing true self-rule for the Kurdish population.
  • After centuries of struggling for independence, the Kurds can finally earn their hard-fought autonomy if they win the Iraqi Civil War.

Ahmed Barzani

Role: Head of State

Party: Barzani - Collaborationists

Ideology: Aristocratic Conservatism^note Despotism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Is compromising your ideals the only way for the Kurdish people to reach for an once thought impossible dream of self-determination? It seems like it is.

Sheikh Ahmad Barzani once lost it all at a young age: his tribe having launched an insurrection against the Ottoman authorities in his infancy, he was not even an adult when his father, grandfather and a brother were executed for their defiance of the Sublime Porte's yoke. It wasn't until the 1930's, after a short exile in Turkey, that Ahmad himself led the various Kurdish tribes against the Iraqi government and their British puppet masters alongside his younger brother Mustafa.

One would've thought his war was a hopeless cause. But by the end of the 1950's, when the Republic of Iraq found itself at war with the Triumvirate, Barzani swiftly took control of his homeland by fighting for the Turkish forces and taking advantage of his liaisons within the Turkish political scene. The Sheikh now sits on top of a throne made out of the bones of Kurdish freedom warriors, listening to a sweet tune coming from Ankara which tells him what to dance to...

Officially just a governorate of Turkey proper, Mosul and Kirkuk are de facto ruled by Kurdish Barzani clan, with the writ of Ankara carrying little weight.

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• Les Collaborateurs: Ahmed Barzani rules the governorate with a free hand, in return for recognizing Turkish sovereignty and keeping separatist talk down.
• Family Drama: Ahmed is the older brother of Mustafa Barzani, leader of the Kurdish resistance. While Ahmed is content with the level of autonomy granted by the Turks, Mustafa and his followers desire a truly independent and democratic Kurdish republic.
• I Did What I Had to Do: Ahmed Barzani considers serving Turkey to be a necessary sacrifice if it means achieving some degree of self-governance for even a small part of Kurdistan.
• Puppet King: Ahmed has little authority of his own, as he has to do whatever his Turkish masters tell him to do.

Mustafa Barzani

Role: Head of State (Iraqi Civil War)

Party: Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê^note Kurdistan Democratic Party

Ideology: Social Nationalism^note Paternalism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Many groups speak of oppression, of their struggle to assert their independence in a world overrun with violent imperialists. Yet, they are blind to the ways they oppress others, to the violence they inflict in the name of their so-called "revolutions."

Mustafa Barzani understands this fact more than most people. He was weaned inside a prison after Turkish forces imprisoned his entire family. His childhood was punctuated by executions of his grandfather, father, and brother. As a teenager, Mustafa both fought in and led rebellions against British forces and the newly established Iraqi monarchy- actions that led to his exile. When he finally returned to Kurdistan after the Golden Square's revolution, he found his entire home destroyed and his people starving. His pleas to Baghdad for aid were met with crackdowns, interrupted only by a Turkish invasion in 1959 and a second war between Iraq and Turkey a few years later. Despite it all, Mustafa Barzani never stopped fighting for his people.

While Mustafa Barzani respected Qasim and humored his promises of a multi-ethnic republic, he never surrendered his hope for a free Kurdistan. He sees the Oil Crisis as the best opportunity to end centuries of oppression for himself and his people. While there are quiet grumblings about his leadership- mainly stemming from accusations of arbitrariness and rumors of corruption- all are willing to put aside their grievances to support him lest they be forced into the mountains and forced to fight for yet another generation.

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• Occupiers Out of Our Country: Taking advantage of the chaotic Iraqi Civil War, Mustafa will lead the Kurds to rise up against them to form their own independent, Kurdish state if not given independence by Turkey.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Mustafa Barzani personally declares his willing to work with democracies in Italy and abroad to secure his own state's prosperity and uphold human rights globally.
• Rebel Leader: Mustafa both fought in and led rebellions against British forces, Turkey and Iraq, never surrendering his hope for a free Kurdistan.

Jalal Talabani

Role: Head of State (Turkish decolonization)

Party: Yekîtiya Nîştimanî ya Kurdistanê^note Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Socialism

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• Reasonable Authority Figure: Under a progressive Turkey, Talabani can negotiate a peaceful decolonization of Kurdistan in Iraq and Syria, returning power back to the Kurds themselves.

Türk Mukavemet Teşkilâtı

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Official Name: Türk Mukavemet Teşkilatı^note Turkish Resistance Organisation, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Cyprus divided)

Ruling Party: Türk Mukavemet Teşkilatı^note Turkish Resistance Organisation

Ideology: Paternalism

A Turkish Cypriot paramilitary organisation in Northern Cyprus, aiming to retake the isle from Greece during the Italo-Turkish War.

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• La Résistance: Cyprus' status as part of Greece has always been a tension point between Italy and Turkey, due to the large Turkish population in the northern half of the island. When the Italo-Turkish War begins, the ethnic Turkish partisans are given weapons and training by Turkey and rise up against Greece.

Osman Fazıl Polat

Role: Head of State

Party: Türk Mukavemet Teşkilatı^note Turkish Resistance Organisation

Ideology: Paternalism

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• Badass Boast: When Polat hears of a potential Greek counterattack after invading Cyprus, Polat will be unfazed from the threat:
  Then we must prepare. Either Cyprus will be Turkish, or the mujahidden will not live.
• Know When to Fold 'Em:
  • Should Polat fail to conquer Cyprus, he's absolutely livid at this development, but gives the order to retreat anyway, dreading the fact that he'll be scapegoated for this military failure.
  • Alternatively, if the conflict in Cyprus halts to a stalemate, Polat will accept the fact that any further offenses would lead to pointless losses and accepts a ceasefire, though he remains fearful that future conflicts will persist over ownership of Cyprus.
• War Hero: He's an esteemed military commander from Turkey and he can potentially lead Northern Cyprus after leading a military campaign to occupy the island from Italian control.

Turkish Ethnic Rebellions

Armenia

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^{Flag of Armenia (Communist Revolt)}

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Ruling Party: Hayki Vordinery^note Sons of Hayk (Vartanyan), Dashnaktsutyun^note Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Poghosyan), Hayastani Zhoghovrdakan Kusaktsutyun^note People's Party of Armenia (Decolonization)

Ideology: National Communism^note Communism (Vartanyan), Stratocracy^note Ultranationalism (Poghosyan), Reformist Socialism^note Socialism (Decolonization)

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• Bilingual Bonus: The Armenian flag for Poghosyan has the simple word "REVENGE!" written in Armenian, succinctly communicating their intended war against Turkey to liberate their homeland.
• Dark Horse Victory: The Armenian Revolt is a desperate bid by Vartanyan or Poghosyan to forcefully win Armenia's independence from Turkey. Though the odds of their revolt succeeding are slim, there is a chance for Armenia to actually repel the Turkish forces.
• Enemy Mine: Though the Armenian socialists and nationalists have little in common, they are willing to put aside their ideological differences to fight their common enemy: Turkey.
• Occupiers Out of Our Country: Having been oppressed by the Turkish government for decades, the Armenian population clamors for independence from Turkey, with a separatist movement that grows evermore prevalent with each passing day.

Gevrok Vartanyan

Role: Head of State (Communist revolt)

Party: Hayki Vordinery^note Sons of Hayk

Ideology: National Communism^note Communism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}The identity of the Armenian agent "Anri" has eluded Turkish forces since the end of the Second World War. The codename belonged to the leader of the Sons of Hayk, though the vast majority of the organization's own members knew no more than anyone else. At the culmination of decades of planning, as insurgent cells were activated across the mountains, forests, and towns of Armenia, this agent's true name was revealed to the world - Gevork Vartanyan.

A mere sixteen years of age when he began working in Soviet intelligence, Vartanyan was responsible for the capture of hundreds of Axis agents. When Moscow fell, he reorganized his contacts in what was left of Soviet-Armenian intelligence into a clandestine insurgent organization - the Sons of Hayk. Where the Dashnaks chose to let their presence be known to the occupiers, the Sons of Hayk sought to maintain complete secrecy in their operations. Though Vartanyan's name was not known to the Armenian people, his deeds were, and when he finally cast off the veil of secrecy, his movement was met with overwhelming popular support.

So let his name now be known to both Armenian and Turk - the final phase of the operation has begun, and Armenia's liberation is at hand!

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• The Ace: He joined Soviet intelligence when he was just 16 years old, where he captured hundreds of Axis agents and developed a reputation of being the most elusive spy to the Turkish security forces.
• Chummy Commies: Vartanyan leads the socialist faction in Armenia and fights for his country's independence from Turkey.
• Code Name: "Anri" is his code name in the Sons of Hayk.
• The Determinator: Vartanyan knows that the chances of Armenia winning the revolt are poor, but he's prepared to fight for its independence to his last breath.
• The Spock: Unlike the Dashnaks, Vartanyan and the Sons of Hayk tried to maintain their secrecy and work discreetly towards Armenia's independence. Vartanyan's name is largely unknown to the Armenian people, but his actions speak for themselves.
• The Remnant: Vartanyan was a former Soviet intelligence officer and he has still not surrendered any of his socialist beliefs.

Petros Poghosyan

Role: Head of State (Ultranationalist revolt)

Party: Dashnaktsutyun^note Armenian Revolutionary Federation

Ideology: Stratocracy^note Ultranationalism, Social Nationalism^note Paternalism (Post-Revolt)

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}No beast in human skin, no desolate Russian prison, no amount of guns, men and bullets could keep Petros Poghosyan from his beloved Armenia.

When the Ottomans forced his countrymen to perish in the cruel desert heat, he struck back alongside his fellow patriots like an avenging angel of death, watering the earth with the blood of Djemal Pasha for his crimes. When the Soviets invaded Armenia, Petros was taken by those cruel Russian commissars and forced into the bitter arctic gulags in Vorkuta. Even the frozen chain fences of the Soviet Union could not hold him, and when the prisoners of Vorkuta took flight, Petros was free once more to return to beloved Armenia, a nation still in chains.

The avenging angel has wasted no time in taking up arms once more, linking back up with his fellow conspirators of ages past to plan the restoration of the Armenian nation and people. The coming war will be long and hard-fought, this Petros knows, and such petty concerns as ideology and faith matters little when the gun is to the head of an entire nation.

Woe be to the Turkish oppressor, for forty years were not enough to rid them of Poghosyan, and now it is certain. Nothing will ever be.

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• Bait-and-Switch Tyrant: Although Poghosyan is initially classified as an Stratocrat, using extreme methods during the war against Turkey, these are only supposed to be wartime measures to liberate Armenia from Turkish rule; once Armenia is independent, his government becomes one following the ideals of Social Nationalism, a far more moderate ideology.
• The Determinator: Poghosyan has long fought for Armenian independence against both the Soviet Union and now Turkey, no matter how much he is punished for his rebellion.
• Necessarily Evil: Poghosyan genuinely believes in the necessity to use child soldiers and terrorist attacks in Armenia's war of independence, since the odds are heavily stacked against his country.

Karen Demirchyan

Role: Head of State (Peaceful dissolution)

Party: Hayastani Zhoghovrdakan Kusaktsutyun^note People's Party of Armenia

Ideology: Reformist Socialism^note Socialism

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• Reasonable Authority Figure: Unlike Yuzbashyan and Poghosyan, Demirchyan can achieve Armenia's independence through diplomacy, in which he can negotiate with the Turkish progressives to free his country.

Kurdistan (Anatolia)

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Official Name: Socialist Republic of Kurdistan (Anter), Pêşmergeyê Hemî Kurdistan (Dersimi)

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• Occupiers Out of Our Country: Out of all the territories owned by Turkey, the Kurds have been occupied by the longest and many clamor for their independence.

Musa Anter

Party: Yön^note Direction

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Socialism

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Nuri Dersimí

Ideology: Ultranationalism

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General Tropes

• Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: In the UDP teaser, Menderes and Kurtbek get drunk while having dinner at a restaurant, causing them to leak sensitive information about how to tackle CHP loyalties and threats within the armed forces. They pay no attention to the waiter coming with a bottle of more alcohol, where he retreats around the corner and writes down everything he's heard, hoping to sell the information.
• Blatant Lies:
  • As mentioned in the starting screen teaser, Turkey joined the Axis and invaded British-occupied Syria in 1942, under the pretense of "anti-colonialism". Turkey proceeded to annex swathes of northern Syria, including the regions around Latakia, Idlib, Aleppo, and everything up to the Euphrates River, turning the rest of the region into a puppet state after two years of occupations. The puppet state itself spent many of its first years of existence being ruled by Turkish politician Tayfur Sökmen.
  • The starting screen teaser also mentions that Turkey joined the war against the Soviet Union, for which it was rewarded control over Armenia. They reorganized the territory under a "sister republic", which is more of a puppet state acting on Turkey's interests above anything else. The blatant power imbalance was further displayed when Turkey annexed parts of the Ararat Province from Armenia, linking Nakhichevan to the rest of Turkey.
• Choosing Neutrality: Subverted in the Turkey starting screen teaser. İnönü and Peker sought to keep Turkey neutral during the Second World War, but Italy and Germany coerced them into joining the Axis, threatening Turkish claims in the Middle East.
• Corrupt Politician: As seen its teaser, the Turkish Grand Council of Fascism has several corrupt politicians, which can be used to justify the arrest of a member who can't be budged to support a desired agenda, though this has the drawback of incurring antagonism from the remaining members.
• Defector from Decadence:
  • The reformist faction of the CHP backed the DYP and UDP's Democratization Bill of 1961 in the starting screen teaser, which would loosen the CHP's electoral dominance.
  • In the starting screen teaser, some of the DYP's founders were former members of the CHP, most notably Tevfik Rüştü Aras, who was Atatürk's foreign minister.
  • Likewise in the starting screen teaser, many of the UDP's founders were former members of the CHP's purged liberal wing.
• Demoted to Dragon: Atay was Prime Minister of Turkey from 1950 to 1954 before being ousted by the orthodox CHP in the starting screen teaser. However, he's still an active presence on the political scene, serving as Speaker of the Grand Council of Kemalism, where he played a major role in defeating the Democratization Bill of 1961.
• Divide and Conquer: To weaken the opposition, İnönü tried to drive a wedge between the UDP and DYP, which proved successful in 1958. However, the two parties have caught on to İnönü's game and united under the Democratic Alliance in 1961, mutually pushing for democratization together.
• Earn Your Bad Ending: The worst possible ending for Turkey is a completely balkanization of their territory into a violent civil war, with a superevent teaser giving a hint to the utter, irreparable destruction that the conflict will create. An outcome teaser for the conflict further reveals that the situation can get even worse, where radical Islamic militant groups have the opportunity to take over all of Turkey and inflict even more damage. Fortunately, such an outcome is completely impossible in the hands of the AI and the player would need to intentionally mess up for things to get this bad.
• Evil Colonialist: There are six Inspectorate Generals mentioned in the Turkey centennial teaser, all of whom are responsible for marginalizing the indigenous populations to make way for Turkification: the first, third and fourth ones were based in eastern Anatolia, the second in Thrace, the fifth in Northern Syria, and the sixth in Mosul and Kirkuk.
• Foregone Victory: Downplayed. After winning the Italo-Turkish War, the CHP arrogantly believe that their reelection is a guarantee, relying on renewed popularity and a propaganda victory to ensure a historic and monumental victory. Confidence in their victory is high enough in the Turkey centennial teaser that they genuinely consider dropping their usual, dirty electoral practices and letting the election play out to reduce the anti-CHP sentiments. However, it is still possible for the DYP or UDP to win the election, albeit very difficult.
• "Hell, Yes!" Moment: A UDP activist who had previously expressed despair over the CHP's political dominance and interference along with Turkey's loss in the Italo-Turkish War expresses such joy after the defeat leads to the UDP winning the 1963 election. After a tiring day of door-to-door campaigning, strained voice and all, the activist screams cheers of overwhelming joy with the rest of the crowd upon hearing Menendes giving his victory speech.
• In It for Life: As mentioned in the Turkey centennial teaser, members of the Grand Council of Kemalism are proposed by the Prime Minister and confirmed by the President. Once installed they serve for life, have legal immunity, and can propose and veto legislation, which was used to pass many of Peker's land reform, industrialization, and secularization programs.
• In Medias Res: The starting screen teaser describes the situation that the player is jumping into and it's not pretty. Turkey is still reeling from the failed Democratization Bill of 1961, which had been proposed by the DYP and UDP, and supported by the reformist faction of the CHP. While the bill narrowly passed the National Assembly, the bill was immediately vetoed in the Grand Council of Kemalism. The controversy all happened weeks prior to 1962 and İnönü's silence on the matter has provoked protests from the outraged masses, intense enough to force Banguoğlu to resign as Prime Minister. The political conflict is still hot and it's up to the player to manage the crisis and power vacuum that's about to be left with Banguoğlu's departure.
• Landslide Election: Enforced in the starting screen teaser. The first multi-party election was held in 1958 and the CHP secured a whopping 70.2% of the votes because of the continued suppression against opposition political parties and İnönü's Divide and Conquer strategy to weaken the UDP and DYP.
• Meet the New Boss: Tahsin Banguoğlu succeeded Saka as Prime Minister in 1958 and, as another member of the orthodox CHP, continued many of the same policies.
• My God, What Have I Done?: In a teased event, a Turkish soldier writes to his wife about the atrocities done to Kurds and Armenians, with an implicit hint that he might have killed himself afterwards. Another event shows a TRT late night interview with a combat pilot who absentmindedly mumbles about the screams she is haunted with.
• Point of Divergence: As described in the starting screen teaser, Turkey's point of divergence from OTL was the ascension of Recep Peker to the position of Prime Minister in 1937. In OTL, Bayar was appointed by Atatürk after İnönü's resignation, but in TNO, Peker was appointed at İnönü's recommendation. Peker would go on to hold this position when İnönü became president, where he would push for increasingly authoritarian and nationalistic policies, alongside radical societal reforms.
• Pragmatic Villainy:
  • The interactive Turkey teaser reveals a mechanic where Turkey can develop the infrastructure of its colonies, but only to make them more profitable and efficient for Turkey's purposes rather than out of genuine concern for the people living there.
  • Some CHP politicians in the Turkey centennial teaser supported the regime's media censorship so that the people wouldn't mock their armed forces. However, when they win the Italo-Turkish War, these politicians want to reverse these measures, not out of remorse, but because their latest victories would make it unthinkable to mock their military's might.
• Propaganda Machine: In the Turkey centennial teaser, the CHP bask in the Italo-Turkish War victory and steel themselves for a landslide reelection by hiring a wave of propagandists to parade their latest success.
• The Purge:
  • When Peker became Prime Minister, the starting screen teaser mentions him overseeing an immediate crackdown of all opposition, which destabilized the nation. Even when İnönü became president after Atatürk's death, he was forced to concede to Peker's demands and go along with Peker's dismantlement of Bayar's liberal wing of the CHP.
  • Using the death of Peker and the German economic crash, İnönü and the orthodox faction of the CHP ousted Prime Minister Atay and purged the influence of the Radical Kemalists in the starting screen teaser.
• R-Rated Opening: One of Turkey's teased early events is a report of a government-backed nationalist organisation torturing local Kurds for hours before killing them and both agents then assigned to watch over potential uprisings in Diyarbakır.
• Red Is Violent: The Kemalist Youth Movement was founded by Prime Minister Recep Peker to radcalize the intellectual and working class youth, encouraging them to take street-level violence against "reactionaries." Not coincidentally, their organization is labeled red in the Turkey centennial teaser.
• Resigned in Disgrace: As shown in the starting screen teaser, the fallout of the Democraticzation Bill of 1961 resulted in Banguoğlu resigning in defeat. He's already packing his things in 1962 and ready to leave the premiership vacant for someone else to take over.
• Shocking Defeat Legacy: Defeat in the Italo-Turkish War comes as a major shock to Turkey, having not lost any war since the republic's formation. The fallout of the defeat can also usher in the downfall of the CHP's political dominance in Turkey, bringing in either the UDP or DYP into power.
• Shown Their Work: Turkey's borders in the starting screen teaser follow much of the plans outlined in the 1920 Misak-ı Millî, which detailed the country's territorial ambitions.
• Suspiciously Specific Denial: During the election phase of the interactive Turkey teaser, the DYP is a viable political party to vote for, in which they deny all rumors that they are receiving American funding. The slight leg-up they have in the polls is supposedly a mere coincidence.
• Taking Up the Mantle: In the starting screen teaser, Falih Rıfkı Atay succeeded Peker as Prime Minister in 1950, representing a continuation of Peker's radical devotion to Kemalism and autocratic nature. Even after being ousted by the orthodox faction of the CHP in 1954, Atay continues to trumpet Peker's ideology in the Grand Council of Kemalism.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: All three political factions in the Turkey starting screen teaser are fractured:
  • The CHP is primarily divided between two major factions: the orthodox wing and the reformist wing. The orthodox wing wishes to reinforce the CHP's one-party, status quo dominance and assertive nationalism. Meanwhile, the reformist wing is a broad collection of figures still committed to Kemalism, but argue for a need to democratize. The reformist wing itself is divided between populists, social democratic-leaning Kemalists, and conservative-leaning Kemalists. There is also the dormant Radical Kemalist faction of the CHP, which seek a return to the autocratic regime of Peker.
  • The DYP is united by the commitment to democratization and left-leaning to left-wing politics, along with a focus on human rights. However, it is sharply divided between socialists and liberals, with other ideologies occupying minor factions. At game start, the socialist faction is dominant as the party congress chose Aybar to lead the party after deals with trade unions made many trade unionists join the party.
  • The UDP is conflicted between the moderate liberal conservatives who follow Bayar's ideals and the populist Young Democrats led by Menderes who represent displaced landlords, the rural populace, and businessmen.
• To Absent Friends: After winning the 1963 election and getting settled in the Çankaya Mansion, Menderes is notably absent minded at the feat of achieving power compared to Köprülü who is more celebratory. As Köprülü gives Menderes a moment to himself, he states that he believes that Bayar would be impressed, prompting Menderes to ponder over the assassination of Bayar and whether Inönü had any role or if he had given the order in the very room they are sitting in.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: As shown in the Turkey starting screen teaser, Banguoğlu is already resigned by game start and will inevitably need to be replaced.
• Won the War, Lost the Peace: In the starting screen teaser, Turkey economically flourished from the Second World War victory and Peker's industrialization plans, but it also saw growing opposition to the dictatorial rule of the CHP. In the decades since, more people have organized political opposition from the DYP and UDP, who are spearheading an eventual, albeit gradual, democratization process.

CHP Politicians

Kasım Gülek

Role: Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey^note Head of Government (İnönü cabinet, Italo-Turkish War victory)

Party: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi^note Republican People's Party

Ideology: Kemalism^note Paternalism

In-Game Biography (Head of Goverment) ^{Click to Show}The politician with sandals has been described with many words. "Eccentric", "non-serious", and "populist" chief among them, but the obscure a clear image of a Prime Minister full of contradictions. Gülek holds primacy among the intellectual class of Turkey, but you would have an easier time finding holding a press conference in a bathhouse than in a stuffy lecture hall.

Perhaps, Gülek is a class traitor. He betrays the traditional image of the austere Turkish politician in favor of a smiling face, always willing to shake your hand. The contradictory side is that this supposed "eccentric" knows seven languages, has studied under Keynes himself, and is an all-round deep thinker. The only thing his peers can agree on for certain is that he stands on the edge of change for both the CHP and Turkey as a whole, for better or worse.

Gülek becomes Prime Minister in the aftermath of a Turkish victory in the Italo-Turkish War.

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• Allohistorical Allusion: Gülek's reformist policies and populist approach to Kemalism allude to his real life policies as Secretary General of the CHP, which helped lay the groundwork for Turkey's democratization.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Most of the CHP establishment distrusts him. In the centennial teaser, many CHP veterans cut a press conference early when Gülek makes a bunch of vague and confusing promises, to a point that they consider ditching him.
• Internal Reformist: According to his teased biography, Gülek is a major advocate for change within the CHP and Turkey, but the exact nature of these ambitions remain unclear to the public and CHP as a whole.
• Omniglot: Adding to his already eccentric character, Gülek is also a polyglot, where his teased biography mentions that he knows seven languages.
• Wild Card: In the Turkey centennial teaser, Gülek is a perplexing figure whose divided opinions on who he exactly is, whether an eccentric populist or a serious intellectual. The only thing that people can aggree on is that he'll bring change to Turkey.

Turhan Feyzioglu

Role: Minister of State^note Security Minister (Inönü cabinet, Italo-Turkish War victory)

Party: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi^note Republican People's Party

Ideology: Kemalism^note Paternalism, Conservatism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Professor Turhan Feyzioglu has been nothing if not an academic throughout his professional life. His passion has been one thing: that of teaching students, and serving as a professor. But life took him someplace else.

His visionary outlook on law made him one of the youngest law professors in Turkey. Whatever he could write and get published was nearly certain to send shockwaves throughout the Turkish legal community. This got him the interest of a certain man in Ankara with a hankering for reforming his party and making it appealing to the younger generations. With some convincing, Feyzioglu became one of the most prominent names in the CHP. Any doubts the old guard of the party had about him were rapidly dispelled by his cunning mind.

But his politics are more complex. He sits in the reformist bloc of the CHP, arguing for an end of the past authoritarianism of governments now gone. He demands a return to the olden days of the Republic, implementing Atatürk's old dream of democracy. In his view, the new Turkish democracy should place the CHP on the centre-right, balancing nationalism with the rule of law in accordance with Kemalist principles.

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• The Ace: In his teased biography, Feyzioglu is a respected academic with a passion for teaching students and famous in Turkey's legal world for his groundbreaking law work. His success has earned him respect amongst the old guard of the CHP, despite being a newer reformist figure.
• I Can't Believe I'm Saying This: While Feyzioglu distrusts Gülek and thinks he has his head in the clouds, he does think Gülek managed to capture a certain public hunger for change seen in the Turkish centennial teaser and sees it as proof that reforms are needed. This comes off the back of him entertaining the notion of granting the free exercise of religion.
• Internal Reformist: According to his teased biography, Feyzioglu wishes to return to Atatürk's old democratic ambitions and roll back the tyranny practiced by the CHP, guiding the party to the centre-right with a focus on nationalism, democracy, and the rule of law.

UDP Politicians

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü

Role: Head of State (1963 election)

Party: Ulusal Demokrat Parti^note United Democrat Party

Ideology: Liberal Conservatism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}In the past, when stagnation and decay were synonymous with the Ottoman Empire, the Grand Viziers of the Köprülü dynasty were fires of dynamism that kept it alive as long as possible. Now, as Turkey experiences the Ottoman ailments, another Köprülü takes the reins.

Fuat Köprülü entered public life as a teacher of Ottoman Turkish before being born again during the Balkan Wars as a Turkish nationalist. An intellectual, his days were spent mired in academia, leading to Atatürk appointing him to a post in the Ministry of Education. There, he would impress the President enough to ask Fuat to enter the Assembly.

However, Köprülü would become dissatisfied with the autocratic CHP regime as the Pekerite plague took hold of it, forming the UDP with Menderes and Bayar. They hounded the dying dictatorship at each step, fuelled by center-right fury, unbroken even by Bayar's murder. With a nation in embarrassment, the UDP finally seized the levers of power.

Entering power, the UDP may have been disunited on aims, but one matter they were united on was who to lead them: Fuat Köprülü. The white crescent sinks low on a dead wind, but the new Prime Minister is replete with resolve. True democracy will come to Turkey, and the nation will forever be one, united and unstoppable.

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• Defector from Decadence: In the UDP teaser, Köprülü's intellectualism impressed Atatürk enough that he was invited to join the Assembly. Unfortunately, the increasingly autocratic nature of the CHP regime dissatisfied him and a coalition of other center-right politicians, notably Menderes and Bayar, who formed the UDP in response.
• Gentleman and a Scholar: Köprülü was a teacher of Ottoman Turkish and is a respected academic whose works managed to land him a position in the Ministry of Education under Atatürk before being asked to enter the Assembly.
• Loved by All: The UDP is said to be fractured in their dedicated teaser, but the one man who can unite them all is Köprülü. With his unwavering determinism, Köprülü commands the respect of everyone within the faction.
• Non-Idle Rich: Mehmet Fuat Köprülü is a member of the Köprülü political dynasty which had prominance in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. He has since become involved in academia and politics as the leader of the UDP and potential president of Turkey.
• Start My Own: Köprülü was a founding member of the UDP after becoming dissatisfied with the increasingly autocratic CHP. He has since become the leader of the UDP as a respected figure who can unite the various wings of the party and potential President of Turkey if the UDP wins the 1963 election.

Adnan Menderes

Role: Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey^note Head of Government (Köprülü cabinet)

Party: Ulusal Demokrat Parti^note United Democrat Party

Ideology: Populist Conservatism^note Conservatism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Some men are born with fate on their side and Adnan Menderes certainly looks like he was set to lead Turkey since the day he was born. His life began in a family of wealthy Crimean Tatar landowners, and as such he had access to the best education one could have in the Ottoman Empire. During the early days of the Republic of Turkey, Menderes fought during the Turkish War of Independence and was awarded a medal of honour for his efforts in fighting the Greek army. After getting his degree in law at Ankara University, Menderes was invited by Atatürk himself to join the ruling Republican People's Party and was selected by the party leaders as a deputy in 1931.

For Menderes, it seemed that his climb would never end, but with Atatürk's death and the rise of Inönü, his ambitions too were stopped. Economic liberalism was seen as an obstacle to Inönü's projects of nationalization, and so Menderes was expelled from the CHP in 1945. This, however, did not stop Menderes, but rather it reinvigorated him. Fueled by feelings of revenge towards his former comrades in the CHP, Menderes persisted in the belief that economic freedom was the only way for Turkey, and the collapse of the Inönü's government after the Italo-Turkish War seemed to prove him right.

Now, after leading the Ulusal Demokrat Parti to a stunning electoral victory, Menderes prepares to reform an ailing republic into an efficient, prosperous nation. Fate, however, is a very fickle thing and Menderes has to hope that it remains on his side until the end of his mandate.

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• Beneath the Mask: Even if the UDP wins the 1963 and Menderes gives a thanking his supporters and promising to continue the fight against CHP opposition, he feels doubt about his own words that they are unstoppable with popular will.
• The Face: Like Demirel, Menderes is the face of the UDP's populist faction in the starting screen teaser, overshadowing the popularity of Köprülü.
• Internal Reformist: Menderes is a reformist in the UDP teaser, believing that Turkey deserves economic freedom and that only his reforms are capable of saving the nation.
• It's Personal: Menderes was initially a member of the CHP, having been invited by Atatürk after gaining his law degree in 1931, but has his career repeatedly stifled by Inönü who saw him as an obstacle to his economic ambitions. In 1945, Menderes was expelled from the CHP due to his advocacy of economic liberalism which only fueled his opposition with feelings of revenge towards those in the CHP.
• Playing Both Sides: Menderes carefully manipulates the rivalry between Bilgiç and Demirel in the UDP teaser. He praises the work of the one he is speaking to and, when the other comes up, he admits a shortcoming, in spite of their potential, before promptly trying to end the conversation.
• Start My Own: According to his teased biography, he used to work in the Atatürk's CHP governhment, until İnönü came to power and rejected his liberal economic policies. This eventually led to Menderes being expelled from the CHP, so Menderes formed the UDP to oppose his former allies.
• War Hero: Menderes fought in the Turkish War of Independence, winning him a medal of honor for combatting the Greek army, as mentioned in the UDP teaser.

Sadettin Bilgiç

Role: Minister of the Interior^note Foreign Minister (Köprülü cabinet)

Party: Ulusal Demokrat Parti^note United Democrat Party

Ideology: Paternalistic Conservatism^note Conservatism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}If Süleyman Demirel sits on Adnan Menderes' left hand, Saadettin Bilgiç sits on his right. The scion of a fledgling center-right dynasty, he draws his strength through family, growing up in a nationalist and religious household. He learned the political arts from his father and brother... and repression from the CHP. When the time was right, he took up the family mantle and joined the assembly.

As both a firebrand and a social butterfly, Bilgiç is a prime representative of the UDP's nationalist and Islamic conservative wings. His paternalist approach to politics has made him an ardent supporter of workers' rights, favoring a middle ground between statism and the free market. A rival to Demirel and other populists, pundits have marked him as a potential party leader in years to come.

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• Appeal to Tradition: The UDP teaser mentions that Bilgiç is one of the more traditional politicians in the faction, having grown up in a nationalist and Islamic household, and thus representing an interest in more paternalistic economic policies, compared to the UDP's more explicitly free-market wings.
• Taking Up the Mantle: He borrowed much of his political beliefs from his father and brother, which he's motivated to uphold in the UDP teaser.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: According to his teased biography, Bilgiç has a rivalry with fellow cabinet member, Demirel, and the other populists.

Süleyman Demirel

Role: Minister of Economy^note Economy Minister (Köprülü cabinet)

Party: Ulusal Demokrat Parti^note United Democrat Party (pre-1971)

Ideology: Populist Conservatism^note Conservatism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Most Turkish politicians these days come from either a military aristocracy or a legion of landowners, Süleyman Demirel is not one of them. A middle-class man up to his fingers in grassroots support, he made his bread as an engineer for the State Hydraulic Works and eventually became chief. His tenure was one of phenomenal innovation, earning him the moniker "King of Dams".

It is from here that another rural Turk, Adnan Menderes, first heard of him, beginning their bountiful friendship. Demirel would soon become a formidable protege to his mentor, refining his ability to speak to the people and maintaining a deep relationship with Turkey's farmers. He now rests as one of the UDP's chief economists, but some wonder if his ambitions loom larger than just that...

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• The Apprentice: In the UDP teaser, Demirel became an apprentice to Menderes, who taught him public-speaking skills and the rhetoric needed to win the farmers' vote.
• The Face: Demirel is a people person and is frequently used to represent the UDP to the general public. As shown in the UDP teaser, he attends the opening of an apartment complex in Ankara with Menderes, where he talks to the locals as a fellow common man and lets them spill their woes.
• Red Baron: Unlike most Turkish politicians, Demirel did not come from the military or landowner aristocracy; he worked as an engineer for the State Hydraulic Works and became its chief. His renowned work earned him the nickname "King of Dams", as mentioned in his teased biography.

Seyfi Kurtbek

Role: Minister of National Defense^note Security Minister (Köprülü cabinet)

Party: Ulusal Demokrat Parti^note United Democrat Party

Ideology: Paternalistic Conservatism^note Conservatism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Seyfi Kurtbek has lived and breathed everything military for more than twenty years. Ever since his start as a lieutenant at eighteen, he has done his utmost to protect his nation from its external threats. But even as a colonel, there was an internal illness he could not combat - a rot he had to enter politics to eliminate.

The Second Italo-Turkish War exposed this malignancy to everyone bar İnönü's most faithful. Now, as the UDP liberates the people from one-party rule, Kurtbek knows he must dismantle the CHP regime that has grown inside their army to ensure their success. He knows his mission will be viewed with suspicion, but if democracy is to breathe freely, the ties that bind them must be cut.

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• Internal Reformist: Having fought in the military for over twenty years, Kurtbek realized that the only way to save Turkey was to reform its political structure, so he joins the UDP in their dedicated teaser to dismantle the one-party CHP regime and dismantle its loyalists within the armed forces.
• Long Game: As he explains to Menderes in the UDP teaser, Kurtbek's plans to weaken the CHP loyalists in the armed forces by initially softening them up, expanding the army and funding academies in a bid to gain influence within the army. It will take some time for them to get ready, but when they do, the integration can be triggered.
• Old Soldier: As mentioned in his teased biography, Kurtbek has been involved with the Turkish military ever since he was eighteen and fought to protect Turkey for more than twenty years before joining politics to rid the army of CHP loyalties.
• Zero-Approval Gambit: Many will regard his political career with suspicion, but Kurtbek thinks it will be worth it to reform the Turkish political structure in the UDP teaser.

Vassal States

Republic of Armenia

Official Name: Republic of Armenia

Ruling Party: Haykakan Hanrapetakan Kusakts'ut'yun^note Armenian Republican Party

Ideology: Dominant-Party Democracy^note Paternalism

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• Be Careful What You Wish For: Once occupied by the Soviet Union, the Armenians finally achieved their long-desired freedom in the Turkish allies teaser. Unfortunately, their current situation can hardly be called "independence", with one half of their land occupied by the Germans and the other half under a Turkish-puppeted republic that's democratic in-name only.
• Les Collaborateurs: The Armenian Republican Party and administration is made up of opportunists and collaborators, who are kept in power by Turkish assistance in an illiberal democracy, as seen in the Turkish allies teaser.
• Corrupt Politician: As seen in the Turkish allies teaser, the ruling collaborator HHK party suffers from widespread corruption. In a stunning and frequent example of this, the Turkish government sends a lot of money to the Armenian Development Initiative, intended to rebuild the country after World War II, yet most of the funds get pilfered by corrupt politicians.
• Puppet State: As shown in the Turkish allies teaser, Armenia was turned into a Turkish puppet state after World War 2, ruled by a politician from Turkey and governed by the Armenian Republican Party, a purported peer to the CHP. The state is frequently used by Turkey to extract valuable metals found in Armenia, ensuring Turkish economic dominance over the country.
• La Résistance: Turkey's efforts to subjugate Armenia have been stifled by a hostile population, with some rebels using the mountainous terrain to conduct a guerrilla war in the Turkish allies teaser.

Mıgırdıç Şellefyan

Role: Head of State

Party: Haykakan Hanrapetakan Kusakts'ut'yun^note Armenian Republican Party

Ideology: Dominant-Party Democracy^note Paternalism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}The king of tin cans rests on his throne, one not built on epics of Yore or romantic tales of national liberation but one created for him out of Turkish convenience.

Migirdiç Şellefyan is an Armenian because he was tasked with keeping Armenia docile. He is not one out of pride or patriotism for what is meant to be his ancestral homeland. In an alternate life, he may have stayed as a bureaucrat in Istanbul, eeking out a lifestyle through corruption and connections.

But World War Two presented an opportunity. Armenia remained restless, and Inönü needed a watchman. A name was slipped to the President, and a deal was made - Şellefyan would have his playground, and Armenia would not be a threat to Turkish interests, giving birth to a new President.

His Armenian Republican Party now commands the nation, a nominal sibling of its big brother party in Turkey. In reality, it is a vehicle for Şellefyan's interests and a cast of careerists, populists, and the scattered few pro-Turkey politicians. Each election is a box-ticking exercise for them, but if Armenia is to be free, something must give...

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• 0% Approval Rating: As shown in the Turkish allies teaser, Şellefyan's corruption and collaboration has made him widely despised among the Armenian population, coinciding with increased demands for Armenia to have greater self-governance. Not even the Turkish public likes him, due to widespread knowledge of his corruption.
• Corrupt Politician: In the Turkish allies teaser, Şellefyan's name is synonymous with corruption. His history is tarnished with so many scandals that the only reason why he's still in power is because he bootlicks to his benefactors in Turkey. However, this corruption leads to his downfall, due to the mismanagement of the construction of Yerevan's airport.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Şellefyan's downfall in the Turkish allies teaser is triggered by the scale of protests that emerge, once it is revealed how many kickbacks he has received from the already-mismanaged construction of Yerevan Airport. This all comes after the project got off to a bad start due to a lack of replacement parts, where a worker dies because a rescue team cannot reach him and the other workers had gone on strike due to payment issues.
• Led by the Outsider: Şellefyan is a Turkish politician of Armenian descent and rules the Republic of Armenia in the Turkey allies teaser, answering to Ankara and keeping the country under their sphere, so long as they keep rigging elections in his favor. He and Ankara justify his appointment on the basis of his ethnicity.
• Puppet King: Şellefyan rules Armenia in the Turkish allies teaser, but his regime is only kept afloat with campaign donations and political actions from Ankara. The Turkish government considers him an ideal link between the two nations who can help pacify Armenia.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Şellefyan is already unpopular with the Armenians and protests against his corruption are commonplace. When over ten thousand protest against Şellefyan's role in the Yerevan airport scandals, the Turkish government deems him to more troublesome than he's worth in the Turkish allies teaser, so they oust him and discourage any further radicalization among the Armenians.

Zakar Tarver

Role: President^note Head of State (Şellefyan ousted)

Party: Haykakan Hanrapetakan Kusakts'ut'yun^note Armenian Republican Party

Ideology: Progressive Liberalism^note Liberalism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Looking at the Armenian Republican Party's past, one would be entirely forgiven for considering it an unredeemable monstrosity created out of a lust for power. But inside its mechanisms lie men like Zakar Tarver, hungry for change. Like Şellefyan, he was once just a Turkish bureaucrat before his ascension to the highest echelons of the Armenian Republican Party, but that is where the similarities end.

Tarver once watched the ideals of his world crumble before his eyes. Armenian cooperation with Turkey had been hollowed out for corrupt authoritarianism as the nation withered away. His only solace was his faction of ardent reformists, slowly watching for an opportunity to strike down Şellefyan and his craven cronyism.

The protests in Yerevan gave way to the catalyst of a united front against Şellefyan, and Ankara remained silent to his pleas. Tarver now presides over a new friendship between Turkey and Armenia, one of sincerity, free from foolish radicalism or corrupt opportunism. Anti-Turkish feelings will not go away overnight, but peace and liberty may finally soothe the pain of a nation.

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• The Idealist: Tarver promises to convert Armenia into a genuine and prosperous democracy that works alongside Turkey as an equal, putting to rest anti-Turkish sentiment within the nation and ending corruption and "radicalism". As stated in his teased biography, Tarver knows that his ambitions cannot be completed overnight, but he resolves to try.
• Internal Reformist: As mentioned in his teased biography, Tarver is a member of the Armenian Republican Party and dismayed by the corruption and authoritarianism practiced by Şellefyan. As protests mount against the corrupt President, Tarver forms a united front and ousts him, aided by Turkey losing their patience with Şellefyan.
• Led by the Outsider: Much like Şellefyan, Tarver is a Turkish politician of Armenian descent. However, unlike Şellefyan, he is committed to reforming Armenia to be a democratic and equal partner to Turkey, as seen in the Turkish allies teaser.
• Redeeming Replacement: In the Turkish allies teaser, Tarver isn't necessarily opposed to the idea of Armenia cooperating with Turkey. However, he bemoans the corruption of Şellefyan's regime and leads a united front to overthrow him, promising a more fair and equal relationship to Armenia's larger neighbor.

VI. Inspectorate-General

Official Name: VI. Inspectorate-General

Ruling Party: M&K U-M

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

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• Evil Colonialist: The region of Mosul and Kirkuk is ruled by the Sixth Inspectorate-General which has limitless control over the regional, only accountable to the President. The government is actively pursuing a goal of Turkifying the region through assimilation and Turkish economic dominance with the hope of fully annexing the region in the future. The Mosul and Kirkuk Petroleum Company, a subsidiary of Petrol Ofisi, has full reign over the oil within the region and the Inspectorate-General has leveraged the profits to turn the region into an industrial complex which supplies the Turkish army, as seen in a national spirit from the Turkish allies teaser.
• Operation: [Blank]: Operation Alp Arslan, named after the Seljuk sultan who captured the emperor Romanos Diogenes after his victory at the Battle of Manzikert, aims to destroy any opposition to Turkish rule and completely Turkify the region.
• Would Hurt a Child: In the Turkish allies teaser, a group of Turkish soldiers go to a small Kurdish village in the Zagros mountains, looking for the people who attacked a military convoy and killed three soldiers. The village itself has nothing but a few women, children, elderly and a goat, but some of the soldiers don't care and grab a boy around thirteen years old, beating him with the butt of a rifle as his mother cries on the ground and stealing a goat.
• Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: A national spirit from the Turkish allies teaser calls any anti-Turkish resistance "terrorism" and deploys Operation Alp Arslan to eliminate these elements.

Sabiha Gökçen

Role: Inspector-General^note Head of State

Party: M&K U-M

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Sabiha Gökçen has had only one priority in mind as Inspector-General of Mosul and Kirkuk, sitting at the head of the Sixth Inspectorate-General. That priority is the interests of the Turkish nation in the long-chaotic land of Musul and Kerkük, and the preservation of radical Kemalism within those interests.

Decades beforehand, Gökçen's priorities were far more mundane. The adoptive daughter of Atatürk at first had little to worry about beyond making the plane she flew (as one of the first women pilots in Turkish history) work. But with the bombings of Dersim and the rise of Recep Peker (a close ally of hers) and Ismet Inönü to power, she was catapulted into a greater position of military service, and served as a war hero on the frontlines of Syria, Armenia, and western Russia.

Not even the purge of radical Kemalists by Inönü after the death of Peker could constrain Gökçen's rise. Though she drew closer to Peker's friends, she prudently held her peace as an army officer until Inönü, misjudging her silence on politics as orthodoxy and more importantly trusting her experience with anti-terrorist campaigns and generally getting things done, appointed her Inspector-General of Mosul and Kirkuk.

Summoning like-minded generals, politicians, and bureaucrats, and letting Talat Aydemir's Kemalist Youth run wild in the region, Gökçen began Operation Alp Arslan, her plan to integrate Mosul and Kirkuk into Turkey irrevocably. Leveraging oil revenues, she has converted Mosul into an industrial complex and one of the most powerful suppliers of the Turkish Army. And now, if Gökçen has anything to say about it, Mosul and Kirkuk will become forevermore integral parts of Turkey, no matter how many bombs must fall on how many "subversives".

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• Beneath Notice: Inönü, after purging most of the radical Kemalists, spared Gökçen because he interpreted her silence as conformity to the status quo, not to mention her useful skills in combatting anti-Turkish terrorism.
• Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Decades prior, Gökçen built planes and was one of the first women pilots in Turkish history, as mentioned in her teased biography.
• Evil Colonialist: In the Turkish allies teaser, Gökçen is adamant about colonizing and annexing Mosul and Kirkuk into Turkey, no matter how many "subversives" need to be killed in the process.
• The Remnant: Sabiha Gökçen represents a remnant of the once dominant Radical Kemalists, following the footsteps of Peker and Atay.
• Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: On top of Gökçen's track record as an accomplished aviator and adopted daughter of Atatürk, circumstances in TNO have led her to have a much more pronounced military career, as well as develop more radical political leanings. While her background remains similar in OTL, she never pursued politics or assumed any higher office.
• War Hero: According to her teased biography, Gökçen was already respected as the adopted daughter of Atatürk. However, her political standing was accelerated due to her military service, where she fought in Syria, Armenia, and west Russia.

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