The National Salvation Party (, MSP) was an
Islamist political party in
Turkey
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, founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned
National Order Party (''Millî Nizam Partisi'', MNP). The party was formed by a core group of working cadres of the now banned MNP, with
Süleyman Arif Emre serving as the registered founding chairman. Given the banning of the MNP by the staunchly secular state, only 19 individuals were ready to form the party.
Necmettin Erbakan, who took part in the formation of the party, officially joined the party in May 1973, taking over the reins of the party in October 1973. The party grew more popular and in
1973 elections it gained 11.8% of votes, gaining 48 seats in the
Turkish Grand National Assembly. In the
1977 elections, it gained 8.56% of votes and won 24 seats. In 1974 it formed the coalition government with the secularist
Republican People's Party
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(CHP) of
Bülent Ecevit. MSP was closed down after the
1980 military coup.
''
Millî Gazete'', launched 12 January 1973, was the party's semi-official daily newspaper.
The National Turkish Student Association (''Millî Türk Talebe Birliği'', MTTB) was the party's youth organization.
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The party was succeeded by the
Welfare Party (RP), which was founded in 1983.
The founding members of the MSP were:
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Abdülkerim Doğru,
Rasim Hancıoğlu,
Hüseyin Kamil Büyüközer,
Abdullah Tomba,
Sabri Özpala,
M. Turhan Akyol,
Halit Özgüner,
M. Gündüz Sevilgen,
Zühtü Öğün,
Hüseyin Erdal,
Hüseyin Koçak,
Hasan Özkeçeci,
Osman Nuri Önügören,
Mazhar Gürgen Bayatlı,
M. Emin Ayak,
Mustafa Arafatoğlu,
Mustafa Mamati,
Abdurrahim Bezci and
Sami Baysal.
See also
* List of Islamic political parties
* Raider's Organization
Footnotes
References
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Political parties established in 1972
Banned Islamist parties in Turkey
Defunct political parties in Turkey
Defunct far-right parties in Turkey
1972 establishments in Turkey
Political parties disestablished in 1981
1981 disestablishments in Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Islamic political parties in Turkey
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