The Motherland Party (, abbreviated as ANAP) is a

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. It claims to be the heir of the Motherland Party founded in 1983 by

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, which dissolved in 2009. In the September of 2011 a party of the same name was founded. Its current president is

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History

On 11 September 2011, the party was re-established, with the same ideology as the first organization. Its current president is

. On 9 March 2023, a pro-Erdoğan journalist, Mahmut Övür claimed that ANAP will join the

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. Eventually, ANAP decided to support

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instead.

Election results

General elections

References

External links

* {{Authority control Political parties in Turkey 2011 establishments in Turkey Political parties established in 2011