Justice Party Adalet Partisi | |
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| Chairman | Ragıp Gümüşpala (1961-1964) Süleyman Demirel (1964-1981) |
| General Secretary | Nuri Kemal Bayar |
| Founder | Ragıp Gümüşpala |
| Founded | 11 February 1961 |
| Dissolved | 18 August 1981 |
| Preceded by | Democrat Party |
| Succeeded by | True Path Party Motherland Party Great Turkey Party |
| Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism Economic liberalism Turkish nationalism Right-wing populism[1][2] |
| Political position | Centre-right |
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The Justice Party (Turkish: Adalet Partisi, AP) was a Turkish political party prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. A descendant of the Democrat Party, the AP was dominated by Süleyman Demirel, who served six times as prime minister, and was in office at the time of the military coup on 12 September 1980. Along with all other political parties in Turkey, the Justice Party was suppressed in the immediate aftermath of the coup. It was subsequently re-established as the True Path Party in 1983.
The Justice Party was a liberal conservative party. It advocated Kemalist principles, parliamentary democracy and a market economy. It strongly supported membership in NATO and close relations with the United States.