the party was founded by a group of mps issued from the true path party on 7 january 1997. the chairman of the party was hüsamettin cindoruk, who was a former chairman of the true path party. the party participated in the coalition government of mesut yılmaz (30 june 1997 – 11 january 1999). in the 1999 elections they received less than 1% of the vote. hüsamettin cindoruk resigned. in later years they tried to survive with different chairmen and names and in 2008 the party decided to merge with the people's ascent party.