{{Party
|themecolor = #FFAC1C
|textcolor = #FFFFFF
|title = 
Justice and Development Party
Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
|country = 
Turkey
|period = 2001-
|status = Government.
|influences =
File:RightWingPop-icon.png Right-Wing Populism
Conservatism
Neo-Ottomanism
Islamic Theocracy
|likes =
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)
- File:YAP-icon.png New Azerbaijan Party - Fellow Turkic brother.
Hamas - 
FREE PALESTINE!! More like under Ottoman control.
Doğal (Neutral)
- File:MHP-icon.png Nationalist Movement Party - Too right-wing for my standards but at least you support my government.
Düşmanlar (Enemies)
Republican People's Party - MY WORST ENEMY!! SCREW YOU AND YOUR KURDISH FRIENDS!!
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region - RIP BOZO YOU WON'T BE MISSED!! (SMOKES THAT ASSAD PACK)
Party for Freedom - Why don't you want me in the EU?- File:DEM-icon.png PKK in denial - You are just terrorists in denial.
- File:Likud-icon.png Likud - Stop mistreating Palestinians!!
