National Order Party Explained

National Order Party
Native Name:Millî Nizam Partisi
Leader:Necmettin Erbakan
Founder:Necmettin Erbakan
Split:Justice Party
Successor:National Salvation Party
Headquarters:Ankara, Turkey
Ideology:Millî Görüş
Islamism
Conservatism
Position:Far-right
Religion:Sunni Islam
Country:Turkey

National Order Party (Millî Nizam Partisi, MNP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey, which adopted the Millî Görüş ideology. It was the first political party of the Millî Görüş movement and also the first Islamist political party in Turkey.[1]

History

The MNP was founded on 26 January 1970 by Necmettin Erbakan. The Naqshbandi leader Mehmet Zahit Kotku was instrumental in its establishment.[2] It was closed down on 20 May 1971 by the authorities on the grounds, that it violated the Constitution, specifically the articles dealing with secularism.[3]

It was succeeded by the National Salvation Party (MSP) established in October 1972.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Akkır . Ramazan . 2020 . Türkiye'de Din ile Siyaset İlişkisi Bağlamında Milli Nizam Partisi . tr . Mevzu - Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi . 3 . 115 – 138 . 10.5281/zenodo.3710808.
  2. Yavuz . M. Hakan . Political Islam and the Welfare (Refah) Party in Turkey . Comparative Politics . 30 . 1 . 1997 . 10.2307/422193 . 66.
  3. Book: Uslu, Nasuh . The Turkish-American Relationship between 1947 and 2003: The History of a Distinctive Alliance . Nova Science Publishers . 2003 . 978-1-59033-832-2 . New York . 50.
  4. Çaha . Ömer . Baykal . Ömer . 2017 . Milli Görüş Hareketinin Kuruluşu: Türk Siyasetinde Milli Nizam Partisi Deneyimi. tr . 19 . 3 . Gazi Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi . 788–806 .