Democracy and Progress Party

Democracy and Progress Party
Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi
AbbreviationDEVA
LeaderAli Babacan
General Secretaryİdris Şahin
Spokespersonİdris Şahin
FounderAli Babacan
Founded9 March 2020; 4 years ago (2020-03-09)
Split fromJustice and Development Party[4]
HeadquartersÇankaya, Ankara
Membership (2024)Decrease 146,820[5]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[19]
National affiliationNation Alliance (2023)
Colours  Blue
  White
SloganHepimizin DEVA'sı ("Remedy for all of us")
Korkma Türkiye ("Don't be afraid Turkey")[20]
Grand National Assembly
15 / 600
District
municipalities
1 / 922
Belde Municipalities
3 / 388
Website
devapartisi.org

The Democracy and Progress Party (Turkish: Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi, DEVA)[21] is a Turkish political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of Ali Babacan, a former economy minister under the AKP. The official abbreviation is "DEVA" (Remedy in Turkish) according to the party records. The party's logo is a water droplet, inside a silhouette of sapling.[22]

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  20. ^ "Ali Babacan, kampanyasını başlattı: Korkma Türkiye". 14 November 2020.
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