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Justice and Development Party (Turkey)

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The Justice and Development Party is the largest political party in Turkey.

Personality

AKP is generally a Islamic conservative party. Unlike most Right-Wing Populist parties he is supportive of Islamic policies while most Right-Wing Populist parties are Anti-Islam.

History

Formation

The AK Party was established by a wide range of politicians of various political parties and a number of new politicians in 2001.

Closure Cases

Controversies over whether the party remains committed to secular principles enshrined in the Turkish constitution have dominated Turkish politics since 2002. Turkey's constitution established the country as a secular state and prohibits any political parties that promote Islamism or shariah law.

Since coming to power, the party has brought about tighter regulations on abortion and higher taxes on alcohol consumption, leading to allegations that it is covertly undermining Turkish secularism. Some activists, commentators, opponents and government officials have accused the party of Islamism. The Justice and Development Party has faced two "closure cases" (attempts to officially ban the party, usually for Islamist practices) in 2002 and 2008.

Just 10 days before the national elections of 2002, Turkey's chief prosecutor, Sabih Kanadoğlu, asked the Turkish constitutional court to close the Justice and Development Party, which was leading in the polls at that time. The chief prosecutor charged the Justice and Development Party with abusing the law and justice. He based his case on the fact that the party's leader had been banned from political life for reading an Islamist poem, and thus the party had no standing in elections. The European Commission had previously criticized Turkey for banning the party's leader from participating in elections.

Relationships

Arkadaşlar (Friends)

Doğal (Neutral)

Düşmanlar (Enemies)