Motherland Party | |
Split: | Democrat Party |
Native Name: | Anavatan Partisi |
Abbreviation: | ANAP |
Leader1 Title: | President |
Leader1 Name: | İbrahim Çelebi |
Leader2 Title: | Founder |
Leader2 Name: | İbrahim Çelebi |
Headquarters: | Istanbul, Turkey |
Membership: | 24,240[1] |
Membership Year: | 2024 |
Position: | Centre-right |
Colours: | Gold |
Country: | Turkey |
Seats1 Title: | Municipal Assemblies |
The Motherland Party (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi, abbreviated as ANAP) is a political party in Turkey. It claims to be the heir of the Motherland Party founded in 1983 by Turgut Özal, which dissolved in 2009. In the September of 2011 a party of the same name was founded. Its current president is İbrahim Çelebi.
On 11 September 2011, the party was re-established, with the same ideology as the first organization. Its current president is İbrahim Çelebi.
On 9 March 2023, a pro-Erdoğan journalist, Mahmut Övür claimed that ANAP will join the People's Alliance.[2] [3] Eventually, ANAP decided to support Sinan Oğan instead.
2023 | İbrahim Çelebi | 65,496[4] | 0.12% |