Democracy and Progress Party

The Democracy and Progress Party (Turkish: Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi lit. 'Democracy and Enterprise Party',[10] DEVA)[11] is a Turkish centre-right political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of Ali Babacan. The official abbreviation is "DEVA" according to the party statute (Remedy in Turkish). The party's logo is a silhouette of a sapling inside a water drop.

Democracy and Progress Party

Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi
AbbreviationDEVA
LeaderAli Babacan
General SecretaryMedeni Yılmaz
FounderAli Babacan
Founded9 March 2020 (2020-03-09)
Split fromJustice and Development Party[1][2]
HeadquartersÇankaya, Ankara
Membership (2021) 15,862[3]
IdeologyPro-Europeanism
Liberal democracy[4]
Parliamentarism[5]
Economic liberalism
Political positionCentre[6] to Centre-right[7][8]
Colours  Blue
  White
SloganBiz hazırız (We are ready)[9]
Grand National Assembly
1 / 600
Metropolitan
municipalities
0 / 30
District
municipalities
0 / 1,351
Provincial councillors
0 / 1,251
Municipal Assemblies
3 / 20,498
Website
devapartisi.org

History
DEVA Party Founders Board

DEVA Party is a political party in Turkey formed by former 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.[12][13]

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.[12]

Babacan was unanimously elected as the Chairperson at the Founders' Meeting on 10 March 2020.[14] He announced the official logo and agenda of the party on 11 March 2020, during the first conference of the party.

See also

References
  1. Bethan McKernan (13 January 2020). "Turbulence for Turkey as breakaway parties make gains on Erdoğan". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. "Are snap polls on Ankara's horizon?". Arab News. 16 May 2020.
  3. "Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi" (in Turkish). Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  4. https://ahvalnews.com/deva/opposition-deva-convenes-its-first-ordinary-congress
  5. Ragip Soylu (11 March 2020). "Babacan's new party vows Turks can tweet without fear of arrest". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. "Where do you position the DEVA Party on the political spectrum?". DEVA. 1 December 2020.
  7. "Turkey's Ali Babacan to offer a detailed reform strategy in his new party programme". Ahval. 27 December 2019.
  8. https://wms.flexious.be/editor/plugins/imagemanager/content/2140/PDF/2020/Turkey_political_parties.pdf
  9. "AKP'nin kurulduğu yerde yeni partisini tanıttı: Korku siyasetinden yorulduk". www.sozcu.com.tr.
  10. "Babacan's new party another headache for Erdoğan". Yetkin Report. 12 March 2020.
  11. "Former deputy PM Babacan applies to launch party - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  12. "Ali Babacan'ın partisinin kuruluş dilekçesi, İçişleri Bakanlığı'na sunuldu". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  13. "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Milletvekilleri Dağılımı". www.tbmm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  14. "DEVA Partisi'ne Ali Babacan oy birliği ile genel başkan seçildi". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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