We lost Alparslan Türkeş, the leader of the Turkish nationalist movement and the founder of the Nationalist Movement Party, on April 4, 1997.

Alparslan Türkeş, who brought the Nationalist Movement Party to his Turkish political life, brought his party to power as a coalition partner in 1977, which he served as the Chairman of the General Assembly between 1969 and 1997, and served as Deputy Prime Minister in the 39th and 41st Governments of the Republic. In 24th year of his eternity, Dr. Akkan Suver made a statement; "Everybody knows Türkeş as a soldier because of he has served as a colonel. However, he spent twenty-two years of his eighty-years-life as soldiers and thirty-seven years as politician. The Nationalist Movement Party is his monument. While remembering him with mercy and nostalgia in the twenty-fourth year of death, I would like to mention here appreciation that took place two years ago. For this important statesman, as an example of appreciation, the TRNC State turned the house where Alparslan Türkeş was born, into a museum. I also attended the opening of the Museum together with Vice President Fuat Oktay, Tuğrul Türkeş and TRNC Prime Minister Ersin Tatar. I believe that in the coming years we will understand his value better. I remember Alparslan Türkeş with mercy and nostalgia in the 24rd year of his eternity. "