The National Salvation Party ( tr, Millî Selâmet Partisi, MSP) was an Islamist political party in

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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 reigns 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 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 (CHP) of Bülent Ecevit. MSP was closed down after the 1980 military coup. ''

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'', 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.The Kurdish Ḥizbullāh in Turkey
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, Martin Kramer, Joseph A. Kéchichian, Emrullah Uslu. Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World The party was succeeded by the Welfare Party (RP), which was founded in 1983. The founding members of the MSP were:Esam Archives
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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 {{Turkey-party-stub