Virtue Party

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Virtue Party (Turkish: Fazilet Partisi) was a political party in Turkey. It was found unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court and then banned in June 2001, for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution. After the party's ban, the party MPs founded two parties: reformist Justice and Development Party (AKP) and traditionalist Felicity Party (SP).

Founders of Fazilet Partisi were also active members of Milli Nizam Partisi, Milli Selamet Partisi and Refah Partisi. The Virtue Party was the first party in this tradition to have genuine intra-party democracy.

Merve Kavakçı, the female elected MP who was banned from swearing her oath in Parliament because she wore headscarf, was a Virtue Party member.

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