Bright Turkey Party ( tr, Aydınlık Türkiye Partisi, ATP) was a right populism party founded on 27 November 1998 by

Tuğrul Türkeş Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş (born 1 December 1954) is a Turkish economist and politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 28 August 2015 to 19 July 2017. He first joined the interim election government formed by Prime Ministe ...

. The party did not take part in the general elections of 1999. The party polled 0.29% of the vote in the

2007 Turkish general election General elections were held in Turkey on 22 July 2007 to elect 550 members to the Grand National Assembly. Originally scheduled for November, the elections were brought forward after parliament failed to elect a new president to replace Ahme ...

s. The party dissolved on 11 April 2010.

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