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Alternative Party (Turkey)
The Technology Development Parti (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Teknoloji Kalkınma Partisi'') is a Conservatism, conservative political party in Turkey founded in 1998. It is, as claimed by its leader Süleyman Yağcıoğlu, the successor to the Motherland Party (Turkey), Motherland Party (ANAP), which was in government between 1983 and 1991. The party was known as the National Association Party until 2008, where it changed its name to Alternative Party after the ANAP announced that it would merge with the Democratic Party (Turkey, current), Democrat Party (DP). The party's former leader Süleyman Yağcıoğlu strongly endorsed the ANAP's founder and two-term Prime Minister Turgut Özal, who also served as the 8th President of Turkey. Noting that former leader of the Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also endorsed Özal during the 2014 Turkish local elections, 2014 local election campaign, the ALP withdrew from the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmet Özal
Tevfik Ahmet Özal (born 3 December 1955) is a Turkish politician, the son of former Turkish President and Prime Minister Turgut Özal and a member of the Özal family. He has been an MP, and co-founded the Uzan Group and later the Özal Group. Career After graduating from the North Carolina State University he worked at the International Monetary Fund and in international banking from 1979 to 1988. In 1989 he co-founded (with Cem Uzan) Turkey's first private television station, "Magic Box" (now Star TV). Özal was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1999 as an independent; he joined the Motherland Party in 2002, and was the party's candidate for Mayor of Istanbul in the March 2009 local elections (gaining less than 1% of the vote). Later, he would become Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party, after the Motherland Party merged with it in October 2009. Since taking public office, he has adamantly stated that he feels his late father, former Turkish President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |