Democracy and Progress Party

The Democracy and Progress Party (Turkish: Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi, DEVA, lit. Democracy and Enterprise Party)[14] is a Turkish political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of Ali Babacan, a former economy minister under the AKP. The official abbreviation is "DEVA" (Remedy in Turkish) according to the party records. The party's logo is a water droplet, inside a silhouette of sapling.[15]

Democracy and Progress Party
Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi
AbbreviationDEVA
LeaderAli Babacan
General SecretaryMedeni Yılmaz
Spokespersonİdris Şahin
FounderAli Babacan
Founded9 March 2020 (2020-03-09)
Split fromJustice and Development Party[1][2][3]
HeadquartersÇankaya, Ankara
Membership (2022) 127,889[4]
IdeologyLiberalism[5]
Liberal democracy[6]
Pro-Europeanism[7]
Liberal conservatism[8][9]
Political positionCentre[10] to centre-right[11][12]
Colours  Blue
  White
SloganHepimizin DEVA'sı ("Remedy for all of us")
Korkma Türkiye ("Don't be afraid Turkey")[13]
Grand National Assembly
1 / 600
Metropolitan
municipalities
0 / 30
District
municipalities
0 / 1,351
Provincial councillors
1 / 1,251
Municipal Assemblies
4 / 20,498
Website
devapartisi.org

History
DEVA Party Founders Board

DEVA Party is a political party in Turkey formed by former Economy Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan as the result of a split from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party. The party is currently being represented by one seat at the Grand National Assembly, with MP Mustafa Yeneroğlu being one of her founders.[16][17]

The founders of the party also include former Minister of Justice Sadullah Ergin, former Minister of Science, Industry, and Technology, Nihat Ergün and former Minister of State Selma Aliye Kavaf, who all served in Erdoğan cabinets for many years; and the former Balıkesir mayor Ahmet Edip Uğur from the Justice and Development Party as well.[16]

Babacan was unanimously elected as the Chairperson at the Founders' Meeting on 10 March 2020.[18] He announced the official logo and agenda of the party on 11 March 2020, during the first conference of the party.[19]

Party leaders
#LeaderPortraitTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Ali Babacan 10 March 2020 Incumbent 2 years, 42 days

See also

References
  1. "Are snap polls on Ankara's horizon?". 16 May 2020.
  2. "Babacan's DEVA party announces founding members".
  3. "MHP calls on newly established Future and DEVA parties to join its alliance with ruling AKP".
  4. "Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  5. "DEVA Partisi'nin ilk gününden izlenimler: İslamcı değil merkez sağcı".
  6. "Opposition DEVA convenes for its first ordinary congress".
  7. ""Rotamız Avrupa Birliği'ne tam üyelik"".
  8. "Özal'ın dört eğiliminden Babacan'ın ana akımına: DEVA arayışı…".
  9. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1295812
  10. "Babacan ve arkadaşları parti için son düzlükte: Yeni oluşumun ilk hedefi ana akım siyaset olmak".
  11. "Turkey's Ali Babacan to offer a detailed reform strategy in his new party programme". Ahval. 27 December 2019.
  12. https://wms.flexious.be/editor/plugins/imagemanager/content/2140/PDF/2020/Turkey_political_parties.pdf
  13. "Ali Babacan, kampanyasını başlattı: Korkma Türkiye".
  14. "Babacan's new party another headache for Erdoğan". Yetkin Report. 12 March 2020.
  15. "Former deputy PM Babacan applies to launch party - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  16. "Ali Babacan'ın partisinin kuruluş dilekçesi, İçişleri Bakanlığı'na sunuldu". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  17. "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Milletvekilleri Dağılımı". www.tbmm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  18. "DEVA Partisi'ne Ali Babacan oy birliği ile genel başkan seçildi". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  19. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Ali Babacan partisi DEVA'nın programını açıkladı | DW | 11.03.2020". DW.COM (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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