The National Salvation Party ( tr, Millî Selâmet Partisi, MSP) was an Islamist political party in

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, founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party (''Millî Nizam Partisi'', MNP). The party was formed by a core group of working cadres of the now banned MNP, with

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serving as the registered founding chairman. Given the banning of the MNP by the staunchly secular state, only 19 individuals were ready to form the party.

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, who took part in the formation of the party, officially joined the party in May 1973, taking over the reigns of the party in October 1973. The party grew more popular and in 1973 elections it gained 11.8% of votes, gaining 48 seats in the

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. In 1977 elections it gained 8.56% of votes and won 24 seats. In 1974 it formed the coalition government with the secularist

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(CHP) of Bülent Ecevit. MSP was closed down after the

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. ''

Millî Gazete ''Millî Gazete'' ("National Newspaper") is an Islamist Turkish daily newspaper that is aligned to the Milli Görüş ideology. It was founded in 1973, and the first issue appeared on 12 January 1973. The paper was aligned with the Islamist ...

'', launched 12 January 1973, was the party's semi-official daily newspaper. The National Turkish Student Association (''Millî Türk Talebe Birliği'', MTTB) was the party's youth organization.The Kurdish Ḥizbullāh in Turkey
Oxford Islamic Studies Online. By:

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, Martin Kramer, Joseph A. Kéchichian, Emrullah Uslu. Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World The party was succeeded by the

Welfare Party The Welfare Party ( tr, Refah Partisi, RP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey. It was founded by Ali Türkmen, Ahmet Tekdal, and Necmettin Erbakan in Ankara in 1983 as heir to two earlier parties, National Order Party (MNP) and National ...

(RP), which was founded in 1983. The founding members of the MSP were:Esam Archives
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, M. Gündüz Sevilgen, Zühtü Öğün, Hüseyin Erdal, Hüseyin Koçak, Hasan Özkeçeci,

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, Mazhar Gürgen Bayatlı, M. Emin Ayak, Mustafa Arafatoğlu, Mustafa Mamati, Abdurrahim Bezci and Sami Baysal.

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