Democracy and Progress Party
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Democracy and Progress Party Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi | |
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| Abbreviation | DEVA |
| Leader | Ali Babacan |
| General Secretary | Medeni Yılmaz |
| Spokesperson | İdris Şahin |
| Founder | Ali Babacan |
| Founded | 9 March 2020 |
| Split from | Justice and Development Party[1][2][3] |
| Headquarters | Çankaya, Ankara |
| Membership (2022) |  153,596[4] |
| Ideology | Liberal democracy[5] Social liberalism[6] Liberal conservatism[7][8] Parliamentarism[9][10][11] Pro-Europeanism[12] |
| Political position | Centre[13] to centre-right[14][15] |
| Colours | Blue White |
| Slogan | Hepimizin DEVA'sı ("Remedy for all of us") Korkma Türkiye ("Don't be afraid Turkey")[16] |
| Grand National Assembly | 1 / 600 |
| Metropolitan municipalities | 0 / 30 |
| District municipalities | 0 / 1,351 |
| Provincial councillors | 1 / 1,251 |
| Municipal Assemblies | 4 / 20,498 |
| Website | |
| devapartisi.org | |
The Democracy and Progress Party (Template:Lang-tr, DEVA, lit. Democracy and Enterprise Party)[17] is a Turkish political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of Ali Babacan, a former economy minister under the AKP. The official abbreviation is "DEVA" (Remedy in Turkish) according to the party records. The party's logo is a water droplet, inside a silhouette of sapling.[18]
History
DEVA Party is a political party in Turkey formed by former Economy Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan as the result of a split from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party. The party is currently being represented by one seat at the Grand National Assembly, with MP Mustafa Yeneroğlu being one of her founders.[19][20]
The founders of the party also include former Minister of Justice Sadullah Ergin, former Minister of Science, Industry, and Technology, Nihat Ergün and former Minister of State Selma Aliye Kavaf, who all served in Erdoğan cabinets for many years; and the former Balıkesir mayor Ahmet Edip Uğur from the Justice and Development Party as well.[19]
Babacan was unanimously elected as the Chairperson at the Founders' Meeting on 10 March 2020.[21] He announced the official logo and agenda of the party on 11 March 2020, during the first conference of the party.[22]
Upon the request of the anti-Islamic minority in Turkey to close the tariqas, Ali Babacan said, "Congregations and tariqas are a centuries-old tradition of these lands. You cannot destroy centuries-old tradition with a prohibitionist mentality." he vehemently opposed it.
Party leaders
| # | Leader | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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| 1 | Ali Babacan | .jpg)
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10 March 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 265 days |
See also
References
- ^ "Are snap polls on Ankara's horizon?". 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Babacan's DEVA party announces founding members".
- ^ "MHP calls on newly established Future and DEVA parties to join its alliance with ruling AKP".
- ^ "Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ "Opposition DEVA convenes for its first ordinary congress".
- ^ "Babacan 'Sosyal Koruma ve Güvenlik Sistemi'ni açıkladı: Sosyal yardımları tek bir merkezde toplayacağız". Independent Türkçe (in Turkish). 14 September 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Özal'ın dört eğiliminden Babacan'ın ana akımına: DEVA arayışı…".
- ^ https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1295812 [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Ali Babacan 'parlamenter sistem' açıklaması: 'Mutabakata varıldı'".
- ^ "Babacan: Altılı masanın ilk kuruluş sebebi parlamenter sistem".
- ^ "Ali Babacan, altı partinin parlamenter sistem çalışmasını değerlendirdi".
- ^ ""Rotamız Avrupa Birliği'ne tam üyelik"".
- ^ "Babacan ve arkadaşları parti için son düzlükte: Yeni oluşumun ilk hedefi ana akım siyaset olmak".
- ^ "Turkey's Ali Babacan to offer a detailed reform strategy in his new party programme". Ahval. 27 December 2019.
- ^ https://wms.flexious.be/editor/plugins/imagemanager/content/2140/PDF/2020/Turkey_political_parties.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Ali Babacan, kampanyasını başlattı: Korkma Türkiye".
- ^ "Babacan's new party another headache for Erdoğan". Yetkin Report. 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Former deputy PM Babacan applies to launch party - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Ali Babacan'ın partisinin kuruluş dilekçesi, İçişleri Bakanlığı'na sunuldu". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Milletvekilleri Dağılımı". www.tbmm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "DEVA Partisi'ne Ali Babacan oy birliği ile genel başkan seçildi". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Ali Babacan partisi DEVA'nın programını açıkladı | DW | 11.03.2020". DW.COM (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
