Democracy and Progress Party

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Democracy and Progress Party
Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi
Abbreviation DEVA
Leader Ali Babacan
General Secretary Medeni Yılmaz
Founder Ali Babacan
Spokesperson İdris Şahin
Slogan Hepimizin DEVA'sı ("Remedy for all of us")
Korkma Türkiye ("Don't be afraid Turkey")[1]
Founded 9 March 2020; 4 years ago (2020-03-09)
Split from Justice and Development Party[2][3][4]
Headquarters Çankaya, Ankara
Membership  (2022) Increase 153,596[5]
Ideology Liberal democracy[6]
Social liberalism[7]
Liberal conservatism[8][9]
Parliamentarism[10][11][12]
Pro-Europeanism[13]
Political position Centre[14] to centre-right[15][16]
Colours      Blue
     White
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
Politics of Turkey
Political parties
Elections

The Democracy and Progress Party (Turkish: Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi, 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

File:DEVA Partisi Kurucuları.jpg
DEVA Party Founders Board

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
1 Ali Babacan 60px 10 March 2020 Incumbent Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.

See also

References

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External links

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