Good Party

This article is about the Turkish political party. For the South African political party, see Good (political party).
Good Party
İYİ Parti
AbbreviationİYİ Parti (official)[1]
ChairpersonMüsavat Dervişoğlu
General SecretaryUğur Poyraz [tr]
SpokespersonSelcan Hamşıoğlu [tr]
Parliamentary LeaderMüsavat Dervişoğlu[2]
TreasurerErsin Beyaz [tr]
Founders
Founded25 October 2017 (2017-10-25)
Split fromNationalist Movement Party[3]
Headquarters2120. Cadde No: 9
Çankaya, Ankara
Youth wingGood Youth
Membership (2024)Decrease 508,578[4]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[15] to right-wing[A][16]
National affiliationNation Alliance
(2018–2023)
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
(in the Council of Europe)[17]
SloganTürkiye İYİ olacak!
("Turkey Will Be Good!")
Grand National Assembly
30 / 600
Provinces
1 / 51
District
municipalities
16 / 922
Belde Municipalities
5 / 388
Party flag
Flag of the İyi Party
Website
iyiparti.org.tr Edit this at Wikidata
^ A: The party has also been considered centrist[18] by some sources.

The Good Party[19] (Turkish: İyi Parti)[20] is a nationalist and Kemalist political party in Turkey,[26] established on 25 October 2017 by Meral Akşener. The party's name and flag is a reference to the tamga of the Kayı tribe.

The party was formed as a result in a split by prominent former members of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and later joined by some former members of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). The party's founder and chairperson, Meral Akşener, and its deputy chairperson, Koray Aydın, are both former members of the MHP before establishing the party. Plans to form a new party emerged amongst prominent MHP defectors after the MHP's support for a 'Yes' vote in the controversial 2017 constitutional referendum, as well as a failed attempt to unseat the party's governing leader. In addition to endorsing a more moderate civic nationalism as opposed to the ardent ethnic nationalism of the MHP, the party runs on an anti-establishment platform criticising both the governing and opposition parties in Turkey for their ineffectiveness.[27][28] The party describes itself as being in the centre of political spectrum though third-party sources have described the party as being centre-right[33] or on the right-wing of the political spectrum.[39]

It puts a particular emphasis on the restoration of the parliamentary system and the integrity of the judiciary and other institutions.[5][40] The party has been widely described as an anti-Erdoğanist alternative for right-leaning voters disillusioned with both the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP).[41][42][43]

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