The Democracy and Progress Party ( tr, Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi, DEVA, lit. Democracy and Enterprise Party) is a Turkish political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of

Ali Babacan Ali Babacan (; born 4 April 1967) is a Turkish politician, economist, and engineer. He is the founder and current leader of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA). He served 13 years as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Economy, Chie ...

, 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.

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DEVA Party is a political party in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

formed by former Economy Minister &

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...

as the result of a split from

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to ...

'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. The founders of the party also include former Minister of Justice

Sadullah Ergin Sadullah Ergin (born 6 July 1964) is a Turkish politician. Biography Ergin was born to Mehmet İsmet Ergin and Hatice Ergin in Antakya. He completed his primary and secondary education there and then studied at the Uludağ University Economic ...

, former Minister of Science, Industry, and Technology,

Nihat Ergün Nihat Ergün (born 14 September 1962, in İzmit) is a Turkish politician and the former Minister of Science, Industry and Technology. Ergün completed primary, middle, and high school in Izmit. He graduated from the Marmara University's Facu ...

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. Babacan was unanimously elected as the Chairperson at the Founders' Meeting on 10 March 2020. He announced the official logo and agenda of the party on 11 March 2020, during the first conference of the party. Upon the request of the anti-Islamic minority in Turkey to close the tariqas,

said, "Congregations and tariqas are a centuries-old tradition of these lands. You cannot destroy centuries-old tradition with a prohibitionist mentality." he vehemently opposed it.

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