The authoritarian characteristics of single-party politics of the 1930s and the 1940s continued almost in a similar fashion during the two-party system of the 1950s. Domestic politics aside, the governing party did not consult with the opposition party on foreign policy matters. For example, sending troops to the Korean War, the first military move by Turkey in its international affairs following the national independence, was consulted neither with the opposition party nor with the Turkish Grand National Assembly, despite its monumental importance.