Anavatan
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Motherland Party
Anavatan Partisi |
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|---|---|
| President | İbrahim Çelebi |
| Founder | Turgut Özal |
| Founded | May 20, 1983 |
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Ideology |
Neoliberalism Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Orange |
| Website | |
| www.anavatanpartisi.org.tr | |
The Motherland Party, (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi, abbreviated as ANAVATAN (formerly ANAP) is a political party in Turkey. It was founded in 1983 by Turgut Özal. It merged with Democratic Party, in October 2009, but in September 2011, the party was re-established. Its president is İbrahim Çelebi.
The ANAP was considered a centre-right neoliberal party that supported restrictions on the role that government can play in the economy and also supported private capital and enterprise and some public expressions of religion. The Turkish general election, 1983, was won by the new Motherland Party, led by Özal. Although the party was composed of a potentially disruptive mixture of Islamic revivalist and secular liberals, he was able to form a majority government, and briefly, democracy was restored.
In the National Assembly elections on 6 November 1983, the Populist Party and the Motherland party were allowed to run for office. The ANAP won 212 of the 400 available seats and Turgut Özal, the leader of the party, became the Prime Minister. The ANAP maintained a majority in the government of Turkey from 1983 until 1991. Turgut Özal held the position of Prime Minister from 1983 to 1989, then President from 1989 to 1993. Özal died in office, and was succeeded by the True Path Party leader, Süleyman Demirel.
After the 1983 National assembly, ANAP allowed all political parties to participate in the local elections. In 1987, ANAP removed the 10-year ban on over 200 leaders of the Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi—CHP) and Justice Party (Adalet Partisi—AP), allowing them to run for office and participate in political affairs. The ANAP won 292 of the 450 seats that year.
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