page_title: Alparslan Türkeş
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Alparslan Türkeş / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Park of Alparslan Türkeş in Etimesgut, Ankara, Turkey.
context_page_description: Alparslan Türkeş was a Turkish politician, who was the founder and president of the Nationalist Movement Party. He represented the far-right of the Turkish political spectrum. He was and still is called Başbuğ by his devotees. Although his ideology was on the far-right, he is respected by nationalists on both sides of the Turkish political spectrum.
context_section_description: Türkeş was a key figure in shaping Turkish nationalism and reviving Pan-Turkism from the 1940s onwards. Soon after his death in 1997, Turkish President Suleyman Demirel stated that his passing had been a "great loss to the political life of Turkey". Similarly, Turkey's first female Prime Minister Tansu Çiller described him as a "historic individual".
caption: The Alparslan Türkeş Park in Ankara, Turkey
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