But the mass defections that some had expected from the True Path Party did not materialize.

The Motherland Party is likely to get 134 seats and the True Path Party 133, the station said.

It was subsequently reestablished as the True Path Party in 1983.

After an extended pause, the party eventually reemerged as the True Path Party, complete with the galloping horse logo, in 1983.

From 1991 to 1995 he served as the vice-chairman of the True Path Party.

Afterward, in the Turkish general election, 2002, he ran under the True Path Party, and thus was not reelected to parliament.

He has also been the leader of two political parties, notably of the True Path Party.

But without support from Mrs. Ciller's True Path Party, it could not have assembled a majority.

Both men who stepped down are members of the coalition Government's secular partner, the True Path Party.

The True Path Party holds 182 seats in the 450-member assembly.