Democracy and Progress Party

Liberal political party in Turkey

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Democracy and Progress Party

Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi

Abbreviation| DEVA
Leader| Ali Babacan
General Secretary| Sanem Oktar
Spokesperson| İdris Şahin
Founder| Ali Babacan
Founded| 9 March 2020; 4 years ago (2020-03-09)
Split from| Justice and Development Party[4]
Headquarters| Çankaya, Ankara
Membership (2024)|  146,820[5]
Ideology|

*     * Liberal conservatism[8]
* Neoliberalism[12]
* Pro-Europeanism[16]

Political position| Centre-right[19]
National affiliation| Nation Alliance (2023)
Colours|  Blue
White
Slogan| Hepimizin DEVA'sı ("Remedy for all of us")
Korkma Türkiye ("Don't be afraid Turkey")[20]
Grand National Assembly|

15 / 600

District
municipalities|

1 / 922

Belde Municipalities|

3 / 388

Website
devapartisi.org

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The Democracy and Progress Party (Turkish: Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi, DEVA)[21] 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.[22]

## History

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DEVA Party Founders Board

DEVA Party is a political party in Turkey formed by former Economy Minister and 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 15 seats at the Grand National Assembly.[23][24]

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.[23]

Babacan was unanimously elected as the chairperson at the Founders' Meeting on 10 March 2020.[25] He announced the official logo and agenda of the party on 11 March 2020, during the first conference of the party.[26]

Despite his history in the AKP, Ali Babacan has adopted a secular stance in his politics in DEVA Party, emphasizing personal freedoms instead of a religious conservatism. He has criticized evolution being removed from the Biology curriculum for high school and lower education. He has also expressed his opposition against religious studies lessons being mandatory for school children, saying parents should be able to opt out of them.[27] He has also expressed his opposition about ban on tariqas. He said: "When the government 'bans' them, they still continue their activities off the record and without any supervision. We are always in favor of freedom and transparency. Congregations and tariqas are a centuries-old tradition of these lands. You cannot destroy centuries-old tradition with a prohibitionist mentality.".[28]

The Democracy and Progress Party has announced 22 Action Plans that will bring government reforms for the problems that the country has been facing in the recent years, addressing many different topics ranging from economy and finance policies, to entrepreneurship, to the justice system, to social problems. These plans include 90-day and 360-day goals.[29]

## Party leaders

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# | Leader | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Time in office

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1  | Ali Babacan |  | 10 March 2020  | Incumbent | 4 years, 191 days

## Election results

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### Parliamentary elections

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Grand National Assembly of Turkey Year  | Leader  | Seats  | Position

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Seats  | +/-
2023 | Ali Babacan |

15 / 600

|  15  | Opposition

## See also

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* List of political parties in Turkey

## References

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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. ^ [1][2][3]
5. ^ "Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
6. ^ a b "Özal'ın dört eğiliminden Babacan'ın ana akımına: DEVA arayışı…". Independent Türkçe (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
7. ^ "Partizanlığın 'DEVA'sı var mı?". Independent Türkçe (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
8. ^ [6][7]
9. ^ "Foreign Policy Vision in AK Party, DEVA Party and Gelecek Partisi Party Programs with a Comparative Perspective". Akif ÇARKÇI. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
10. ^ "Siyaset Bilimciler DEVA'yı değerlendirdi: Ali Babacan liberal restorasyon vadediyor". Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
11. ^ "Ahmet Davutoğlu ve Ali Babacan Figürleri Üzerine Notlar - Hüseyin Padır". birikimdergisi.com (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
12. ^ [9][10][11]
13. ^ "DEVA'dan AB raporu değerlendirmesi: 'Hükûmetin bir kenara bıraktığı Avrupa Birliği üyeliği hedefi bizim için vazgeçilmezdir'". Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
14. ^ ""Rotamız Avrupa Birliği'ne tam üyelik"". Görünüm Gazetesi (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
15. ^ ""Ekonomiyi batırınca AB'den söz etmeye başladılar"". bianet (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 October 2021.
16. ^ [13][14][15]
17. ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
18. ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
19. ^ [6][17][18]
20. ^ "Ali Babacan, kampanyasını başlattı: Korkma Türkiye". 14 November 2020.
21. ^ "Babacan's new party another headache for Erdoğan". Yetkin Report. 12 March 2020.
22. ^ "Former deputy PM Babacan applies to launch party - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
23. ^ a b "Ali Babacan'ın partisinin kuruluş dilekçesi, İçişleri Bakanlığı'na sunuldu". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 March 2020.
24. ^ "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Milletvekilleri Dağılımı". www.tbmm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
25. ^ "DEVA Partisi'ne Ali Babacan oy birliği ile genel başkan seçildi". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
26. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Ali Babacan partisi DEVA'nın programını açıkladı | DW | 11.03.2020". DW.COM (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
27. ^ "Babacan: Hala evrim teorisine takılmış bir zihniyet var". Dailymotion (in Turkish). 1 July 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
28. ^ "'Devrim kanunları gözden geçirilmeli, tarikatlar yapılanabilmeli' Babacan'dan Altılı Masa'da rahatsızlık yaratacak sözler". Yeni Çağ Gazetesi (in Turkish). 4 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
29. ^ "DEVA Partisi Eylem Planlari". DEVA Partisi (in Turkish). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

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