National Order Party

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The National Order Party was an Islamist political party in Turkey that marked the beginning of Necmettin Erbakan’s influential political movement in the late 20th century.

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National Order Party canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist political party
political party
activePeriod early 1970s
advocated economic justice based on Islamic principles
greater role for Islam in public life
moral and spiritual development of society
associatedWith religious-conservative electorate in Turkey
bannedBy Constitutional Court of Turkey
country Turkey
dissolutionDate 1971
electoralActivity participated in local politics prior to ban
era Cold War
surface form: Cold War era
followedBy National Salvation Party
founder Necmettin Erbakan
headquartersLocation Ankara
historicalSignificance first institutional expression of Erbakan’s Islamist political movement
ideology Islamism
political Islam
inception 1970
influenced later Islamist parties in Turkey
keyFigure Necmettin Erbakan
languageOfName Turkish
legalStatus banned
movement National Outlook movement
nativeLabel Saadet Partisi
surface form: Milli Nizam Partisi
notableLeader Süleyman Arif Emre
operatedIn Turkey
surface form: Republic of Turkey
opposedDoctrine strict Kemalist secularism
parliamentaryRepresentation limited
politicalPosition right-wing
politicalSystem multi-party system of Turkey
precededBy None (first party of Erbakan movement)
reasonForBan violation of secular principles
region Anatolia
religiousOrientation Sunni Islam
shortName MNP
status defunct
successorIdeologicalLine Felicity Party
National Salvation Party
Virtue Party
Welfare Party

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Necmettin Erbakan founderOf National Order Party
National Outlook movement inspired National Order Party
National Salvation Party predecessor National Order Party
Felicity Party hasPoliticalLineage National Order Party
Milli Görüş associatedPoliticalParty National Order Party