Justice and Development Party

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Turkish political party conservative political party political party

The Justice and Development Party is a major conservative political party in Turkey that has dominated the country’s politics in the 21st century under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

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AKP 2
Justice and Development Party (AKP) 2
AK Parti 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkish political party ⓘ
conservative political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
abbreviation Justice and Development Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AK Parti

Justice and Development Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AKP
cameToPower 2002 general election ⓘ
color orange ⓘ
white ⓘ
controlsOffice Council of Ministers of Turkey (for many years after 2002) ⓘ
President of Turkey (under Erdoğan) ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
dominantIn 21st-century Turkish politics ⓘ
dominantLeader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ
foundationDate 14 August 2001 ⓘ
foundationYear 2001 ⓘ
foundedBy Abdullah Gül ⓘ
Bülent Arınç ⓘ
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ
governingPeriod early 21st century ⓘ
hasPresidentOfTurkey Abdullah Gül ⓘ
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ
hasPrimeMinister Abdullah Gül ⓘ
Ahmet Davutoğlu ⓘ
Binali Yıldırım ⓘ
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ
headquartersLocation Ankara ⓘ
heldParliamentaryMajority 2002–2015 ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
economic liberalism ⓘ
pro‑EU stance (early years) ⓘ
social conservatism ⓘ
leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ
nativeName Justice and Development Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
notableMember Abdullah Gül ⓘ
Ahmet Davutoğlu ⓘ
Ali Babacan ⓘ
Bekir Bozdağ ⓘ
Binali Yıldırım ⓘ
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu ⓘ
Numan Kurtulmuş ⓘ
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ
Süleyman Soylu ⓘ
originatedFrom National Outlook movement ⓘ
Welfare Party ⓘ
surface form: Virtue Party
parliamentaryGroup Justice and Development Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Justice and Development Party parliamentary group
politicalPosition centre-right ⓘ
right-wing ⓘ
religiousOrientation Islamic-rooted ⓘ
Sunni Muslim-oriented ⓘ
shortName AK Party ⓘ
Justice and Development Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AKP
supports presidential system in Turkey ⓘ
symbol Nernst–Lamp ⓘ
surface form: light bulb
womenWing AK Party Women’s Branches ⓘ
wonElection 2002 Turkish general election ⓘ
2007 Turkish general election ⓘ
2011 Turkish general election ⓘ
November 2015 Turkish general election ⓘ
youthWing AK Party Youth Branches ⓘ

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Justice and Development Party → abbreviation → Justice and Development Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AKP
Justice and Development Party → abbreviation → Justice and Development Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AK Parti
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan → founderOf → Justice and Development Party ⓘ
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan → memberOf → Justice and Development Party ⓘ
Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk → memberOfPoliticalParty → Justice and Development Party ⓘ
Justice and Development Party → nativeName → Justice and Development Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
Justice and Development Party → parliamentaryGroup → Justice and Development Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice and Development Party parliamentary group
Emine Erdoğan → politicalAlignment → Justice and Development Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan → politicalParty → Justice and Development Party ⓘ
Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk → politicalParty → Justice and Development Party ⓘ
Kurdish–Turkish conflict → relatedOrganization → Justice and Development Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Justice and Development Party → shortName → Justice and Development Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AKP