The People's Voice Party (

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''Halkın Sesi Partisi'', abbreviated HSP but using the self-styled abbreviation ''HAS PARTİ'', which literally means "PURE PARTY") was a

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political party in

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. It was founded on 1 November 2010 by

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and dissolved on 19 September 2012. In September 2012, after less than two years, an extraordinary party congress decided to dissolve the party and join the ruling

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(AKP). In July 2012, following long-held speculation that

was on

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Erdoğan’s mind as his possible successor as party head, Erdoğan personally proposed to Kurtulmuş the idea of merging the parties under the umbrella of the AKP.

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