Virtue Party

For other uses, see Virtue Party (disambiguation).

Virtue Party Fazilet Partisi

Leader	Recai Kutan (1998-2001)
Founder	İsmail Alptekin
Founded	1998
Dissolved	2001
Preceded by	Welfare Party
Headquarters	Ankara
Ideology	Sunni Islamism Milli Görüş
Religion	Sunni Islam

Virtue Party (Turkish: Fazilet Partisi, FP) was an Islamist political party established in December 1998 in Turkey. It was found unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court and then banned on 22 June 2001 for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution.^[1]^[2] After the party's ban, the party MPs founded two sections of parties: reformist Justice and Development Party (AKP) and traditionalist Felicity Party (SP).

Founders of the Virtue Party were also active members of the National Order Party (MNP), National Salvation Party (MSP) and Welfare Party (RP).

Merve Kavakçı, the female elected as the MP who was banned from swearing her oath in Turkish Grand National Assembly because she wore a headscarf, was a Virtue Party member.

Former party chairman Mehmet Recai Kutan submitted a case on behalf of the party to the European Court of Human Rights, alleging infringement of Articles 10 (freedom of expression) and 11 (freedom of association) among others. In December 2005, Kutan told the court that he intended to withdraw the application, possibly influenced by the unfavourable result in Leyla Şahin v. Turkey (2004), and the court struck out the case.^[3]^[4]

Footnotes

↑ Atacan 2005, 188.
↑ Turkey bans Islamic party, BBC
↑ sim.law.uu.nl, Fazilet Partisi and Kutan v. Turkey
↑ Dilek Kurban (2008), Strasbourg Court Jurisprudence and Human Rights in Turkey: An Overview of Litigation, Implementation and Domestic Reform, TESEV, September 2008

References

Atacan, Fulya (2005). "Explaining Religious Politics at the Crossroad: AKP-SP". Turkish Studies 6 (2): 187–199. doi:10.1080/14683840500119510.

Millî Görüş political parties

Main parties	National Order Party (1970-1971) National Salvation Party (1972-1981) Welfare Party (1983-1998) Virtue Party (1998-2001) Felicity Party (2001-)

Related parties	Justice and Development Party (2001-) Turkey Party (2009-2012) People's Voice Party (2010-2012)

Historical parties in Turkey

Anatolia Party (ANAPAR) (2014-15)
Bright Turkey Party (ATP) (1998–2010)
Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) (2001–14)
Democracy Party (DEP) (1993–94)
Democratic Center Party (DMP) (1990–91)
Democratic Left People's Party (DSHP) (2009–10)
Democrat Party (DP) (1946–61)
Democratic Party (DP) (1970–80)
Democratic Society Party (DTP) (2005–09)
Democrat Turkey Party (DTP) (1997–2008)
Equality and Democracy Party (EDP) (2010–12)
Free Democratic Party
Great Anatolia Party (BAP) (1986–92)
Great Turkey Party (BTP) (1983)
Greens Party (YP) (2008–12)
Justice Party (AP) (1961–1980)
Liberal Republican Party (SCF) (1930)
Liberty Party (HP) (1955–58)
Motherland Party (ANAP) (1983–2009)
Nation Party (MP) (1948–53)
Nation Party (MP) (1962–77)
National Development Party (MKP) (1945–58)
National Order Party (MSP) (1970–71)
National Salvation Party (MNP) (1972–81)
National Women's Party of Turkey (TUKP) (1972–81)
Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP) (1983–86)
New Party (2008–12)
New Turkey Party (YTP) (1961–73)
New Turkey Party (YTP) (2002–04)
Peace Party (BP) (1996–99)
People's Labor Party (HEP) (1990–93)
People's Democracy Party (HADEP) (1994–2003)
People's Voice Party (HAS) (2010–12)
Populist Party (HP) (1983–85)
Progressive Republican Party (TCF) (1924–25)
Republican Nation Party (CMP) (1954–58)
Republican Party (CP) (1972–73)
Republican Villagers Nation Party (CKMP) (1958–69)
Republican Reliance Party (CGP) (1967–81)
Social Democratic People's Party (SHP) (2002–10)
Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) (1985–95)
Socialist Unity Party (SBP) (1991–95)
Social Democracy Party (SODEP) (1983–85)
Turkey Party (TP) (2009–12)
Turkey Peasants' Party (TKP) (1952–58)
Unity Party (BP) (1966–81)
Virtue Party (FP) (1998–2001)
Welfare Party (RP) (1983–98)
Workers Party of Turkey (TİP) (1961–87)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities LCCN: n00046602 GND: 4829499-8

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