National Order Party

National Order Party
National Order Party
Millî Nizam Partisi
Founder Necmettin Erbakan
Founded 1970
Dissolved 1971
Preceded by National Salvation Party
Headquarters Ankara
Ideology Islamist
Milli Görüş
Religion Islam
Politics of Turkey
Political parties
Elections

National Order Party (Milli Nizam Partisi, MNP) was a Islamist political party in Turkey, which adopted the National View (Milli Görüş) ideology. It was founded on 26 January 1970 by Necmettin Erbakan. 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.[1]

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ Uslu, 50.

References

  • Uslu, Nasuh (2003). The Turkish-American Relationship between 1947 and 2003: The History of a Distinctive Alliance. New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59033-832-2.