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.

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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
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
surface form: Welfare Party youth organization

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Necmettin Erbakan chairpersonOf Welfare Party
Necmettin Erbakan founderOf Welfare Party
Welfare Party legalSuccessor Welfare Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Virtue Party
this entity surface form: Virtue Party
this entity surface form: Virtue Party
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan previousParty Welfare Party
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan previousParty Welfare Party
this entity surface form: Virtue Party
Welfare Party youthWing Welfare Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Welfare Party youth organization