Democracy and Progress Party

{{Infobox political party

| name = Democracy and Progress Party

| native_name = Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi

| native_name_lang = tr

| abbreviation = DEVA

| logo = Deva Party Logo.svg

| logo_size = 250px

| colorcode = {{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}

| founder = Ali Babacan

| foundation = {{start date and age|2020|03|09|df=y}}

| leader = Ali Babacan

| general_secretary = Yusuf Türkmen

| leader2_title = Spokesperson

| leader2_name = Sadullah Kısacık

| split = Justice and Development Party{{refn|{{Cite web|url=https://arab.news/v9hv3|title = Are snap polls on Ankara's horizon?|date = 16 May 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://ahvalnews.com/deva/babacans-deva-party-announces-founding-members?amp|title = Babacan's DEVA party announces founding members}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/amp/mhp-calls-on-newly-established-future-and-deva-parties-to-join-its-alliance-with-ruling-akp-news-32396|title=MHP calls on newly established Future and DEVA parties to join its alliance with ruling AKP}}}}

| ideology = {{unbulleted list|class=nowrap|style=nowrap|

Liberal conservatism{{refn|{{cite news |access-date=4 October 2021 |archive-date=16 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516141830/https://www.indyturk.com/node/147111/t%C3%BCrkiyeden-sesler/%C3%B6zal%E2%80%99%C4%B1n-d%C3%B6rt-e%C4%9Filiminden-babacan%E2%80%99%C4%B1n-ana-ak%C4%B1m%C4%B1na-deva-aray%C4%B1%C5%9F%C4%B1%E2%80%A6 |language=tr |title=Özal'ın dört eğiliminden Babacan'ın ana akımına: DEVA arayışı… |url=https://www.indyturk.com/node/147111/t%C3%BCrkiyeden-sesler/%C3%B6zal%E2%80%99%C4%B1n-d%C3%B6rt-e%C4%9Filiminden-babacan%E2%80%99%C4%B1n-ana-ak%C4%B1m%C4%B1na-deva-aray%C4%B1%C5%9F%C4%B1%E2%80%A6 |url-status=live |work=Independent Türkçe}}{{cite news |access-date=4 October 2021 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926202832/https://www.indyturk.com/node/408041/t%C3%BCrki%CC%87yeden-sesler/partizanl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1n-devas%C4%B1-var-m%C4%B1 |language=tr |title=Partizanlığın 'DEVA'sı var mı? |url=https://www.indyturk.com/node/408041/t%C3%BCrki%CC%87yeden-sesler/partizanl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1n-devas%C4%B1-var-m%C4%B1 |url-status=live |work=Independent Türkçe}}}}
Neoliberalism{{refn|{{cite magazine |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721062309/https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1769986 |title=Foreign Policy Vision in AK Party, DEVA Party and Gelecek Partisi Party Programs with a Comparative Perspective |access-date=20 June 2023 |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1769986 |work=Akif ÇARKÇI |url-status=live}}{{cite web |access-date=20 June 2023 |archive-date=15 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315204834/https://www.evrensel.net/haber/399312/siyaset-bilimciler-devayi-degerlendirdi-ali-babacan-liberal-restorasyon-vadediyor |title=Siyaset Bilimciler DEVA'yı değerlendirdi: Ali Babacan liberal restorasyon vadediyor |url=https://www.evrensel.net/haber/399312/siyaset-bilimciler-devayi-degerlendirdi-ali-babacan-liberal-restorasyon-vadediyor |url-status=live}}{{cite web |access-date=20 June 2023 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620112645/https://birikimdergisi.com/guncel/10175/ahmet-davutoglu-ve-ali-babacan-figurleri-uzerine-notlar |language=tr |title=Ahmet Davutoğlu ve Ali Babacan Figürleri Üzerine Notlar - Hüseyin Padır |url=https://birikimdergisi.com/guncel/10175/ahmet-davutoglu-ve-ali-babacan-figurleri-uzerine-notlar |url-status=live |work=birikimdergisi.com}}}}
Pro-Europeanism{{refn|{{cite web |access-date=20 June 2023 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620112644/https://devapartisi.org/parti/e-arsiv/devadan-ab-raporu-degerlendirmesi-hukumetin-bir-kenara-braktg-avrupa-birligi-uyeligi-hedefi-bizim-icin-vazgecilmezdir |title=DEVA'dan AB raporu değerlendirmesi: 'Hükûmetin bir kenara bıraktığı Avrupa Birliği üyeliği hedefi bizim için vazgeçilmezdir' |url=https://devapartisi.org/parti/e-arsiv/devadan-ab-raporu-degerlendirmesi-hukumetin-bir-kenara-braktg-avrupa-birligi-uyeligi-hedefi-bizim-icin-vazgecilmezdir |url-status=live}}{{cite news |access-date=4 October 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828220630/http://gorunumgazetesi.com.tr/haber/76414/rotamiz-avrupa-birligine-tam-uyelik.html |language=tr |title="Rotamız Avrupa Birliği'ne tam üyelik" |url=http://gorunumgazetesi.com.tr/haber/76414/rotamiz-avrupa-birligine-tam-uyelik.html |url-status=live |work=Görünüm Gazetesi}}{{cite news |access-date=4 October 2021 |language=tr |title="Ekonomiyi batırınca AB'den söz etmeye başladılar" |url=https://m.bianet.org/bianet/siyaset/234820-ekonomiyi-batirinca-ab-den-soz-etmeye-basladilar |work=bianet}}}}

}}

| position = Centre-right{{refn|{{cite web |access-date=26 September 2022 |archive-date=21 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721135959/https://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/makale/4506187/mustafa-okcu/deva-partisi-ve-merkez-sag-siyaset-alani |title=Arşivlenmiş kopya |date=17 March 2020 |url=https://www.ozgurkocaeli.com.tr/makale/4506187/mustafa-okcu/deva-partisi-ve-merkez-sag-siyaset-alani |url-status=live}}{{cite web |access-date=26 September 2022 |archive-date=1 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101163848/https://www.indyturk.com/node/145051/siyaset/deva-partisi%E2%80%99nin-ilk-g%C3%BCn%C3%BCnden-izlenimler-islamc%C4%B1-de%C4%9Fil-merkez-sa%C4%9Fc%C4%B1 |title=Arşivlenmiş kopya |url=https://www.indyturk.com/node/145051/siyaset/deva-partisi%E2%80%99nin-ilk-g%C3%BCn%C3%BCnden-izlenimler-islamc%C4%B1-de%C4%9Fil-merkez-sa%C4%9Fc%C4%B1 |url-status=live}}}}

| colors = {{Color box|{{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}|border=silver}} Blue
{{Color box|#ffffff|border=silver}} White

| membership_year = 2025

| national = Table of Six (2022–2023)
Nation Alliance (2023)
New Path (2025–present)

| membership = {{decrease}} 134,025{{cite web|url=https://www.yargitaycb.gov.tr/icerik/1597/demokrasi-ve-atilim-partisi|title=Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi|publisher=Court of Cassation|access-date=10 January 2022|df=mdy-all|language=tr}}

| slogan = Hepimizin DEVA'sı ("Remedy for all of us")
Korkma Türkiye ("Don't be afraid Turkey"){{Cite web|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/ali-babacan-kampanyasini-baslatti-korkma-turkiye-1791027|title = Ali Babacan, kampanyasını başlattı: Korkma Türkiye| date=14 November 2020 }}

| seats1_title = Grand National Assembly

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|600|{{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}

| seats2_title = District
municipalities

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|1|922|{{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}

| seats3_title = Belde Municipalities

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|2|390|{{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}

| seats4_title = Provincial councilors

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|1|1282|hex={{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}

| seats5_title = Municipal Assemblies

| seats5 = {{Composition bar|40|20953|hex={{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}

| headquarters = Çankaya, Ankara

| website = [http://devapartisi.org devapartisi.org]

| country = Turkey

}}

The Democracy and Progress Party ({{langx|tr|Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi}}, DEVA){{Cite web|url=https://yetkinreport.com/en/2020/03/12/babacans-new-party-another-headache-for-erdogan/|title=Babacan's new party another headache for Erdoğan|date=12 March 2020|website=Yetkin Report}} 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.{{cite web |title=Former deputy PM Babacan applies to launch party - Turkey News |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/former-deputy-pm-babacan-applies-to-launch-party-152823 |website=Hürriyet Daily News |date=9 March 2020 |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en}}

History

File:DEVA Partisi Kurucuları.jpg

DEVA Party is a political party in Turkey formed by former Economy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan as the result of a split from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party. The party is currently being represented by 15 seats at the Grand National Assembly.{{cite web |title=Ali Babacan'ın partisinin kuruluş dilekçesi, İçişleri Bakanlığı'na sunuldu |url=http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/ali-babacanin-partisinin-kurulus-dilekcesi-icisleri-bakanligina-sunuldu-1726011 |website=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=tr}}{{cite web |title=Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Milletvekilleri Dağılımı |url=https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.dagilim |website=www.tbmm.gov.tr |access-date=10 April 2020 |language=tr}}

The founders of the party also include former Minister of Justice Sadullah Ergin, former Minister of Science, Industry, and Technology, Nihat Ergün and former Minister of State Selma Aliye Kavaf, who all served in Erdoğan cabinets for many years; and the former Balıkesir mayor Ahmet Edip Uğur from the Justice and Development Party as well.

Babacan was unanimously elected as the chairperson at the Founders' Meeting on 10 March 2020.{{cite web |title=DEVA Partisi'ne Ali Babacan oy birliği ile genel başkan seçildi |url=http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/deva-partisine-ali-babacan-oy-birligi-ile-genel-baskan-secildi-1726327 |website=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr |access-date=11 March 2020 |language=tr}} He announced the official logo and agenda of the party on 11 March 2020, during the first conference of the party.{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=Ali Babacan partisi DEVA'nın programını açıkladı {{!}} DW {{!}} 11.03.2020|url=https://www.dw.com/tr/ali-babacan-partisi-devan%C4%B1n-program%C4%B1n%C4%B1-a%C3%A7%C4%B1klad%C4%B1/a-52721925|access-date=2021-03-04|website=DW.COM|language=tr-TR}}

Despite his history in the AKP, Ali Babacan has adopted a secular stance in his politics in DEVA Party, emphasizing personal freedoms instead of a religious conservatism. He has criticized evolution being removed from the Biology curriculum for high school and lower education. He has also expressed his opposition against religious studies lessons being mandatory for school children, saying parents should be able to opt out of them.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-01 |title=Babacan: Hala evrim teorisine takılmış bir zihniyet var|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ur9kd |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=Dailymotion |language=tr}} He has also expressed his opposition about ban on tariqas. He said: "When the government 'bans' them, they still continue their activities off the record and without any supervision. We are always in favor of freedom and transparency. Congregations and tariqas are a centuries-old tradition of these lands. You cannot destroy centuries-old tradition with a prohibitionist mentality.".{{Cite web |date=2023-01-04 |title='Devrim kanunları gözden geçirilmeli, tarikatlar yapılanabilmeli' Babacan'dan Altılı Masa'da rahatsızlık yaratacak sözler |url=https://www.yenicaggazetesi.com.tr/babacan-devrim-kanunlari-gozden-gecirilmeli-tarikatlar-yapilanabilmeli-615167h.htm |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Yeni Çağ Gazetesi |language=tr}}

The Democracy and Progress Party has announced 22 Action Plans that will bring government reforms for the problems that the country has been facing in the recent years, addressing many different topics ranging from economy and finance policies, to entrepreneurship, to the justice system, to social problems. These plans include 90-day and 360-day goals.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-27 |title= DEVA Partisi Eylem Planlari |url=https://devahazir.devapartisi.org.tr |access-date=2023-01-27|website=DEVA Partisi |language=tr}}

Party leaders

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
#	Leader	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:#0069a7; color:white;"\| 1 \| Ali Babacan \| 60px \| 10 March 2020 \| Incumbent \| {{ayd\|2020\|3\|10}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"

Leader

Portrait

Took office

Left office

Time in office

style="background:#0069a7; color:white;"| 1

| Ali Babacan

| 60px

| 10 March 2020

| Incumbent

| {{ayd|2020|3|10}}

Election results

=Parliamentary elections=

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center \|+Grand National Assembly of Turkey ! rowspan="2" \| Year ! rowspan="2" \| Leader ! colspan="2" \| Seats ! rowspan="2"\| Position
Seats ! +/-
2023 \|Ali Babacan \|{{Composition bar\|15\|600\|{{party color\|Democracy and Progress Party}}}} \|{{Increase}} 15 \|{{no2\|Opposition}}

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center

|+Grand National Assembly of Turkey

! rowspan="2" | Year

! rowspan="2" | Leader

! colspan="2" | Seats

! rowspan="2"| Position

Seats

! +/-

2023

|Ali Babacan

|{{Composition bar|15|600|{{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}

|{{Increase}} 15