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Political party in Turkey
Virtue Party
(
Turkish
:
Fazilet Partisi
, FP) was an
Islamist
[1]
political party
established on 17 December 1997 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
.
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After the party's ban, the party MPs founded two sections of parties: reformist
Justice and Development Party
(AKP), headed by
Recep Tayyip Erdo?an
, and traditionalist
Felicity Party
(SP), headed by
Recai Kutan
.
History
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Founders of the Virtue Party were also active members of the
National Order Party
(MNP),
National Salvation Party
(MSP) and
Welfare Party
(RP).
Merve Kavakcı
, 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
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 ?ahin v. Turkey
(2004), and the court struck out the case.
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