Welfare Party
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The Welfare Party was an Islamist-oriented political party in Turkey that rose to prominence in the 1990s before being banned by the country’s constitutional court.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Virtue Party | 4 |
| Welfare Party youth organization | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamist political party
ⓘ
political party ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| AnkaraMayorFromParty | Melih Gökçek ⓘ |
| banConfirmedBy | European Court of Human Rights ⓘ |
| bannedBy | Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ |
| bannedFor | violating secularism in Turkey ⓘ |
| color |
green
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause | banned by Constitutional Court of Turkey ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1998 ⓘ |
| electoralAchievement | won 1995 Turkish general election plurality ⓘ |
| electoralBase |
Anatolian small-town middle class
ⓘ
conservative religious voters ⓘ |
| formedGovernmentWith | True Path Party ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Necmettin Erbakan ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Ankara ⓘ |
| ideology |
Islamism
ⓘ
social conservatism ⓘ |
| inception | 1983 ⓘ |
| IstanbulMayorFromParty | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ |
| legalSuccessor |
Welfare Party
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Virtue Party
|
| notableEvent |
participation in 1994 local elections
ⓘ
rise to prominence in early 1990s local elections ⓘ |
| notableLeader | Necmettin Erbakan ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Abdullah Gül
ⓘ
Bülent Arınç ⓘ Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ |
| numberOfSeatsWon | 158 seats in 1995 general election ⓘ |
| operatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Turkey
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Turkey
|
| participatedIn | Refahyol coalition government ⓘ |
| percentageOfVote | 21.4% in 1995 general election ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | right-wing ⓘ |
| politicalProgramIncludes |
criticism of Westernization
ⓘ
emphasis on moral and spiritual development ⓘ implementation of Islamic values in public life ⓘ opposition to strict laïcité model in Turkey ⓘ support for small and medium-sized enterprises ⓘ |
| precededBy | National Salvation Party ⓘ |
| primeMinisterFromParty | Necmettin Erbakan ⓘ |
| primeMinisterTermEnd | 1997 ⓘ |
| primeMinisterTermStart | 1996 ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| removedFromPowerBy | 1997 Turkish military memorandum ⓘ |
| representedIn | Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ |
| symbol | scale ⓘ |
| wonMayoraltyOf |
Ankara in 1994 local elections
ⓘ
Istanbul in 1994 local elections ⓘ |
| youthWing |
Welfare Party
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Welfare Party youth organization
|
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Virtue Party
this entity surface form:
Virtue Party
this entity surface form:
Virtue Party
this entity surface form:
Virtue Party
this entity surface form:
Welfare Party youth organization