National Order Party (''Millî Nizam Partisi'', MNP) was an
Islamist political party in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
, which adopted the ''
Millî Görüş'' ideology. It was founded on 26 January 1970 by
Necmettin Erbakan
Necmettin Erbakan (29 October 1926 – 27 February 2011) was a Turkish politician, engineer, and academic who was the Prime Minister of Turkey from 1996 to 1997. He was pressured by the military to step down as prime minister and was later ban ...
. It was closed down on 20 May 1971 by the authorities on the grounds, that it violated the
Constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
When ...
, specifically the articles dealing with secularism.
[Uslu, 50.]
It was succeeded by the
National Salvation Party
The National Salvation Party ( tr, Millî Selâmet Partisi, MSP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey, founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party (''Millî Nizam Partisi'', MNP). The party was formed by a ...
(MSP) established in October 1972.
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Political parties established in 1970
Banned Islamist parties in Turkey
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1970 establishments in Turkey
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1971 disestablishments in Turkey
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