The Future Party (, GP) is a

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formed by former

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Ahmet Davutoğlu Ahmet Davutoğlu (; born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the List of Prime Ministers of Turkey, 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice ...

. The party was formally founded on 12 December 2019, in opposition to the ruling Justice and Development Party.

History

Formation

The Future Party was founded on 12 December 2019 by

, a former

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and

on behalf of the conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP). Having been elected prime minister on 28 August 2014 with the support of President

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...

, Davutoğlu later opposed the latter's moves to transform Turkey's form of government from a

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to a presidential system. His conflict with Erdoğan culminated in Davutoğlu's resignation from the premiership, effective from 22 May 2016. Following his resignation, Davutoğlu frequently criticized the AKP government, which led the party to launch disciplinary actions against him. In response, he resigned from the AKP on 13 September 2019. He later expressed interest in forming a new party in opposition to President Erdoğan's administration, and ultimately launched the Future Party on 12 December 2019. The new party immediately published a list of 154 founding members which included numerous former AKP officials and affiliates.

In Parliament

On 6 July 2023, 10 deputies from the Future Party ( Mustafa Nedim Yamalı, Serap Yazıcı Özbudun, Cemalettin Kani Torun, Sema Silkin Ün, Selim Temurci, Isa Messiah Şahin, Doğan Demir, Mustafa Bilici, Hasan Ekici and Selçuk Özdağ) agreed to establish a joint group in the parliament with the Felicity Party.

Policies

Davutoğlu has stated that the new party would push for a new

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, a return to a

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, and education in minority languages. Moreover, the manifesto of the party criticized the current lack of rights for the Kurdish minority.

Election results

Parliamentary elections

References

External links

Official websiteTwitter account
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