The Democratic Party (Turkish: Demokrat Parti, DP) is a right-wing, secularist conservative Turkish political party, established by Suleyman Demirel in 1983 as the True Path Party (Turkish: Doğru Yol Partisi or DYP). It succeeded the historical Democratic Party and the Justice Party - two parties with similar ideologies which were closed as a result of military intervention.There have been four DYP governments since its foundation; one led by Demirel, the other three by Turkey's first woman prime minister, Tansu Çiller. The party now has only 4 seats in parliament after faring badly in recent elections, when many voters defected to the similarly-conservative, albeit also moderate Islamist, Justice and Development Party (AKP). The party's logo initially was a horse upon a red background. After the renaming in mid-2007, the new logo is Kır At (a white horse) on a red map of Turkey.On 5 May 2007 it was announced that DYP and the Motherland Party (ANAP) would merge to form the Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti). For that occasion, DYP renamed itself (based on the previous party of the same name), and it was planned that ANAP would join the newly founded DP. Shortly before the election, however, the merging attempt failed. However, ANAP stated it would not contest the upcoming elections.After the DP only got about 6% of the votes in the 2007 election, Ağar resigned as party leader.