Victory Party (Turkey)
{{Short description|Political party in Turkey}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Victory Party
| native_name = Zafer Partisi
| native_name_lang = tr
| logo = Logo of the Victory Party (Turkey).png
| logo_size = 100px
| colorcode = {{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}
| abbreviation = ZAFER (unofficial)
ZP (unofficial)
| split = Good Party
| predecessor =
| youth_wing = Ayyıldız Movement
| anthem = Kutlu Olsun ("May it be blessed")
| leader = Ümit Özdağ
| secretary_general = Cezmi Polat
| spokesperson = Azmi Karamahmutoğlu
| founder = Ümit Özdağ
| founded = {{Start date|2021|8|26|df=yes}}
| headquarters = Ankara, Turkey
| membership = {{increase}} 71,732{{cite web|url=https://www.yargitaycb.gov.tr/icerik/1721|title=Zafer Partisi|publisher=Court of Cassation|access-date=17 February 2024|df=mdy-all|language=tr}}
| membership_year = 2025
| position = {{Nowrap|Right-wing{{refn|{{Cite web|url=https://ecfr.eu/article/turkeys-open-door-closes-how-europe-can-better-support-syrian-refugees/|title=Turkey's open door closes: How Europe can better support Syrian refugees|date=9 May 2022|access-date=8 June 2022|archive-date=11 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611151549/https://ecfr.eu/article/turkeys-open-door-closes-how-europe-can-better-support-syrian-refugees/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://stockholmcf.org/leader-of-right-wing-party-faces-complaint-over-visit-to-syrian-owned-shop/|title=Leader of right-wing party faces complaint over visit to Syrian-owned shop|date=30 December 2021|access-date=9 June 2022|archive-date=19 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419215656/https://stockholmcf.org/leader-of-right-wing-party-faces-complaint-over-visit-to-syrian-owned-shop/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://ahval.io/turkey-migration/tensions-grow-amid-opposition-leader-interior-minister-spat-over-refugees|title = Tensions grow amid opposition leader, interior minister spat over refugees}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-syrian-refugees-leave-xenophobia-grows|title=Syrians increasingly choosing to leave Turkey as xenophobia grows|access-date=2022-06-15|archive-date=2022-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615183705/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-syrian-refugees-leave-xenophobia-grows|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/12/turkey-news-log-jan-12|title=How killing of Syrian refugee marks an alarming trend in Turkey|access-date=2022-06-15|archive-date=2022-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217103925/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/12/turkey-news-log-jan-12|url-status=live}}}} to far-right{{cite web | url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/12/turkeys-far-right-has-already-won/ | title=Turkey's Far Right Has Already Won | date=12 July 2022 | access-date=2022-09-21 | archive-date=2022-09-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921073704/https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/12/turkeys-far-right-has-already-won/ | url-status=live }}}}
| national =
| ideology = Kemalism{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberturk.com/umit-ozdag-dan-haberturk-e-aciklamalar-3421214|title=Son dakika... Zafer Partisi Genel Başkanı Ümit Özdağ'dan Habertürk'e açıklamalar|date=26 April 2022|language=tr|access-date=9 June 2022|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507155246/https://www.haberturk.com/umit-ozdag-dan-haberturk-e-aciklamalar-3421214|url-status=live}}
{{nowrap|Anti-immigration{{Cite web|url=https://www.habererk.com/politika/zafer-partisi-kurulus-bildirgesini-umit-ozdag-tek-tek-acikladi-h150540.html|title=Zafer Partisi Kuruluş Bildirgesini Ümit Özdağ tek tek açıkladı!|website=www.habererk.com|access-date=2022-05-12|archive-date=2022-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512164428/https://www.habererk.com/politika/zafer-partisi-kurulus-bildirgesini-umit-ozdag-tek-tek-acikladi-h150540.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.diken.com.tr/ozdagdan-anadolu-kalesi-projesi-siginmacilar-icin-sam-yonetimiyle-gorusecek/ | title=Özdağ'dan 'Anadolu Kalesi' projesi: Sığınmacılar için Şam yönetimiyle görüşecek | date=19 April 2022 | access-date=27 April 2022 | archive-date=26 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426000943/https://www.diken.com.tr/ozdagdan-anadolu-kalesi-projesi-siginmacilar-icin-sam-yonetimiyle-gorusecek/ | url-status=live }}
Ultranationalism{{Cite web|url = https://www.haberler.com/zafer-partisi-nedir-kurucusu-kimdir-zafer-14350811-haberi/|title = Zafer Partisi nedir, kurucusu kim, ne zaman kuruldu? Zafer Partisi logosu ne? Zafer Partisi üyeleri kimler?|date = 24 August 2021|access-date = 30 August 2021|archive-date = 30 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210830104847/https://www.haberler.com/zafer-partisi-nedir-kurucusu-kimdir-zafer-14350811-haberi/|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|url=https://t24.com.tr/yazarlar/ali-d-ulusoy/yeni-milliyetcilik-ve-zafer-partisi-fenomeni,35233|title=Yeni milliyetçilik ve Zafer Partisi fenomeni|language=tr|access-date=2022-06-16|archive-date=2022-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517211123/http://t24.com.tr/yazarlar/ali-d-ulusoy/yeni-milliyetcilik-ve-zafer-partisi-fenomeni,35233|url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/24/ultranationalist-leader-backs-kemal-klcdaroglu-for-turkish-presidency | title=Ultranationalist leader backs Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for Turkish presidency | newspaper=The Guardian | date=24 May 2023 | last1=Michaelson | first1=Ruth }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/akp-spokesperson-says-victory-party-and-hdp-cannot-come-together-news-62466|title=AKP spokesperson says Victory Party and HDP 'cannot come together'|date=25 May 2023
|website=Duvar|access-date=25 June 2023}}
Pan-Turkism{{cite web | url=https://www.habererk.com/zafer-partisi-lideri-umit-ozdag-birlesik-turk-devletleri-pasaportu-ile-seyahat-edecegimiz-gunler-yakindir | title=Zafer Partisi Lideri Ümit Özdağ: "Birleşik Türk Devletleri pasaportu ile seyahat edeceğimiz günler yakındır" | access-date=2022-11-06 | archive-date=2022-09-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904101411/https://www.habererk.com/zafer-partisi-lideri-umit-ozdag-birlesik-turk-devletleri-pasaportu-ile-seyahat-edecegimiz-gunler-yakindir | url-status=live }}}}
| colours = {{color box|#C00D0E|border=darkgray}} Red
{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} White
{{color box|{{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}|border=darkgray}} Grey
| seats1_title = Grand National Assembly
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|600|hex={{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}}}
| seats2_title = Metropolitan municipalities
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|30|hex={{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}}}
| seats3_title = Provinces
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}}}
| seats4_title = District municipalities
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|1|922|hex={{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}}}
| seats5_title = Belde Municipalities
| seats5 = {{Composition bar|0|388|hex={{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}}}
| slogan = Zafer Partisi Gelecek Sığınmacılar Gidecek! ("The Victory Party Will Come, The Refugees Will Go!")
Bilim, Birlik, Barış ("Science, Unity, Peace")
| country = Turkey
| website = {{URL|https://zaferpartisi.org.tr/}}
| flag =
}}
The Victory Party ({{langx|tr|Zafer Partisi}}, ZP) is a right-wing{{refn|{{Cite web|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/difference-over-syrian-refugee-policy-behind-unseemly-feud-between-turkish|title=Difference over Syrian refugee policy behind unseemly feud between Turkish politicians|date=10 May 2022 |access-date=2022-06-08|archive-date=2022-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613045831/https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/difference-over-syrian-refugee-policy-behind-unseemly-feud-between-turkish|url-status=live}}}} to far-right,{{Cite web |title=Turkey Signals Possible Rapprochement With Syria |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/turkey-signals-possible-rapprochement-with-syria-/6763615.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=VOA |date=26 September 2022 |language=en |quote=On the other hand, the far-right Victory Party calls for forced deportations of Syrian refugees, blaming them for the rising food prices. |archive-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113182205/https://www.voanews.com/a/turkey-signals-possible-rapprochement-with-syria-/6763615.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Osterlund |first=Paul Benjamin |title=Killing of refugee highlights struggle facing Syrians in Turkey |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/10/5/killing-of-refugee-highlights-struggle-facing-syrians-in-turkey |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113195821/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/10/5/killing-of-refugee-highlights-struggle-facing-syrians-in-turkey |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=OZERKAN |first=Fulya |title=Syrian Refugees In Turkey Left In Limbo |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/syrian-refugees-in-turkey-left-in-limbo-01653371106 |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www.barrons.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113195827/https://www.barrons.com/news/syrian-refugees-in-turkey-left-in-limbo-01653371106 |url-status=live }} ultranationalist,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-28 |title=Four candidates officially running in Turkey's 2023 presidential elections |url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/four-candidates-officially-running-in-turkeys-2023-presidential-elections-news-62103 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Balkan Insights |language=tr-TR}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-28 |title=Four candidates officially running in Turkey's 2023 presidential elections |url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/four-candidates-officially-running-in-turkeys-2023-presidential-elections-news-62103 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Duvar English |language=tr-TR}} anti-immigrant{{cite web |access-date=12 May 2022 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512164428/https://www.habererk.com/politika/zafer-partisi-kurulus-bildirgesini-umit-ozdag-tek-tek-acikladi-h150540.html |title=Zafer Partisi Kuruluş Bildirgesini Ümit Özdağ tek tek açıkladı! |url=https://www.habererk.com/politika/zafer-partisi-kurulus-bildirgesini-umit-ozdag-tek-tek-acikladi-h150540.html |url-status=live |website=www.habererk.com}}{{cite web |access-date=27 April 2022 |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426000943/https://www.diken.com.tr/ozdagdan-anadolu-kalesi-projesi-siginmacilar-icin-sam-yonetimiyle-gorusecek/ |date=19 April 2022 |title=Özdağ'dan 'Anadolu Kalesi' projesi: Sığınmacılar için Şam yönetimiyle görüşecek |url=https://www.diken.com.tr/ozdagdan-anadolu-kalesi-projesi-siginmacilar-icin-sam-yonetimiyle-gorusecek/ |url-status=live}} political party in Turkey founded on 26 August 2021{{Cite web|last=Ekovitrin|title=Ümit Özdağ'ın yeni partisi Zafer Partisi'nin GİK ve MDK üyeleri kimler?|url=https://www.ekovitrin.com/politika/umit-ozdag-in-yeni-partisi-zafer-partisi-nin-gik-ve-mdk-h309649.html|access-date=2021-09-19|website=ekovitrin.com/|language=tr|archive-date=2021-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921013910/https://www.ekovitrin.com/politika/umit-ozdag-in-yeni-partisi-zafer-partisi-nin-gik-ve-mdk-h309649.html|url-status=live}} under the leadership of Ümit Özdağ. The party was represented in the Grand National Assembly by a single MP, Özdağ himself, until it failed to pass the electoral threshold in the 2023 election and therefore was barred from any seats.{{Cite news|title=Umit Ozdag, submitted the document of the founding of the Victory Party|url=https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2021/gundem/umit-ozdag-zafer-partisinin-kurulus-belgesini-teslim-aldi-6615195/|access-date=27 August 2021|work=Sözcü|language=tr|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826165334/https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2021/gundem/umit-ozdag-zafer-partisinin-kurulus-belgesini-teslim-aldi-6615195/|url-status=live}}
The Victory Party is the continuation of the Ayyıldız Movement ({{literal translation|Star and Crescent Movement}}) initiated by Ümit Özdağ,{{Cite web|date=14 July 2021|title=Ayyıldız Hareketi lideri Ümit Özdağ, yeni partinin kurucu üyelerini tanıttı|url=https://www.haber3.com/guncel/politika/ayyildiz-hareketi-lideri-umit-ozdag-yeni-partinin-kurucu-uyelerini-tanitti-haberi-6025275|publisher=haber3.com|access-date=29 August 2021|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714122302/https://www.haber3.com/guncel/politika/ayyildiz-hareketi-lideri-umit-ozdag-yeni-partinin-kurucu-uyelerini-tanitti-haberi-6025275|url-status=live}} which became a youth movement after the establishment of the party. The founding petition of the party was submitted to the Ministry of the Interior on 26 August 2021 and then the party was officially established.{{Cite AV media |title=The Victory Party Anthem May Be Blessed |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18KYOKutzE0 |access-date=2021-09-19 |publisher=Ümit Özdağ - Zafer Partisi Genel Başkanı |via=YouTube |archive-date=2021-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921140155/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18KYOKutzE0&feature=youtu.be |url-status=live }}
History
The party was founded by Ümit Özdağ, due to his many disagreements with other Turkish parties, including corruption allegations, the demographic effects of the ruling AKP's refugee policies (which the Victory Party calls "strategic demographic engineering"), the "anti-democratic approaches" by the İYİ Party, and his feuds with the MHP and the modern CHP. In Özdağ's words, it was organized under the name of Ayyıldız Movement with the aim of "forming the motto of Turkish nationalism along the lines of Atatürk" and submitted its founding petition to the Ministry of Interior on August 26, 2021, when it was officially established.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-19 |title=Ümit Özdağ, Ayyıldız Hareketi'nin Genel Eşgüdüm Merkezi'ni açtı |url=https://www.sondakika.com/haber/haber-istanbul-milletvekili-umit-ozdag-ayyildiz-hareketi-14142645/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Son Dakika |language=tr |archive-date=2021-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928213410/https://www.sondakika.com/haber/haber-istanbul-milletvekili-umit-ozdag-ayyildiz-hareketi-14142645/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2020-02-18 |title=Yok böyle bir ilişki ağı! Enver Altaylı'nın 'kadrosu' {{!}} Veryansın TV |url=https://www.veryansintv.com/yok-boyle-bir-iliski-agi-enver-altaylinin-kadrosu/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218152715/https://www.veryansintv.com/yok-boyle-bir-iliski-agi-enver-altaylinin-kadrosu/ |archive-date=2020-02-18 }}
Party leader Ümit Özdağ endorsed Ankara mayor Mansur Yavaş for the 2023 presidential elections,{{Cite web |date=2022-04-06 |title=Ümit Özdağ'ın cumhurbaşkanı adayı Mansur Yavaş |url=https://www.diken.com.tr/umit-ozdagin-cumhurbaskani-adayi-mansur-yavas/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Diken |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406081405/https://www.diken.com.tr/umit-ozdagin-cumhurbaskani-adayi-mansur-yavas/ |url-status=live }} although Yavaş was a member of the CHP. Yavaş stated the declaration was without his knowledge and consent, declaring he was not a candidate for president. Ümit Özdağ confirmed that his statement was not with the consent of the Mayor of Ankara, claiming "It would have been a plot if we informed Mansur Yavaş".{{Cite web |title=Mansur Yavaş'tan 'Cumhurbaşkanlığı adaylığı' sorusuna yanıt |url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/mansur-yavastan-cumhurbaskanligi-adayligi-sorusuna-yanit,XBDraRVo4Ean-XjoXWbhrw |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=www.ntv.com.tr |language=tr |archive-date=2022-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411114311/https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/mansur-yavastan-cumhurbaskanligi-adayligi-sorusuna-yanit,XBDraRVo4Ean-XjoXWbhrw |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Ümit Özdağ'dan Mansur Yavaş açıklaması: Temas gerçekleştirmiş olsaydık bu komplo olurdu, doğru olmazdı |url=https://www.indyturk.com/node/496746/siyaset/%C3%BCmit-%C3%B6zda%C4%9Fdan-mansur-yava%C5%9F-a%C3%A7%C4%B1klamas%C4%B1-temas-ger%C3%A7ekle%C5%9Ftirmi%C5%9F-olsayd%C4%B1k-bu-komplo |access-date=2022-08-17 |archive-date=2022-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412110551/https://www.indyturk.com/node/496746/siyaset/%C3%BCmit-%C3%B6zda%C4%9Fdan-mansur-yava%C5%9F-a%C3%A7%C4%B1klamas%C4%B1-temas-ger%C3%A7ekle%C5%9Ftirmi%C5%9F-olsayd%C4%B1k-bu-komplo |url-status=live }}
In February 2023, Muharrem İnce, the leader of the Homeland Party, announced that his party was discussing an electoral alliance with the Democratic Left Party, the Victory Party, True Party and the Justice Party for the 2023 Turkish general election.{{cite web | url=https://www.muhalif.com.tr/amp/memleket-partisi-demokratik-sol-parti-zafer-partisi-adalet-partisi-ve-dogru-partiden-4-ittifak-geliyor-108335 | title=Memleket Partisi, Demokratik Sol Parti, Zafer Partisi, Adalet Partisi ve Doğru Parti'den 4. Ittifak geliyor | access-date=2023-02-03 | archive-date=2023-02-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203160110/https://www.muhalif.com.tr/amp/memleket-partisi-demokratik-sol-parti-zafer-partisi-adalet-partisi-ve-dogru-partiden-4-ittifak-geliyor-108335 | url-status=live }} On 6 March 2023, Muharrem İnce left the four-party alliance negotiations by sending a message to their WhatsApp group.{{Cite web |title=Muharrem İnce 'mesajla' 4'lü ittifaktan ayrıldı |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/muharrem-ince-mesajla-4lu-ittifaktan-ayrildi-2057984 |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr |language=tr |archive-date=2023-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307061146/https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/muharrem-ince-mesajla-4lu-ittifaktan-ayrildi-2057984 |url-status=live }}
On 11 March 2023, the Ancestral Alliance was formed with Victory Party, Justice Party, and two other minor parties.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-11 |title=Ata İttifakı hangi partilerden oluşuyor? Ata İttifakı'nın cumhurbaşkanı adayı kim? |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/turkiye/ata-ittifaki-hangi-partilerden-olusuyor-ata-ittifakinin-cumhurbaskani-adayi-kim-2060007 |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr |language=tr |archive-date=2023-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311125429/https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/turkiye/ata-ittifaki-hangi-partilerden-olusuyor-ata-ittifakinin-cumhurbaskani-adayi-kim-2060007 |url-status=live }} The alliance endorsed Sinan Oğan as their presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, who came in 3rd place in the first round.{{Cite news |date=11 March 2023 |title='Ata İttifakı' bir eksikle ilan edildi: Zafer inananların olacak |publisher=Gazete Duvar |url=https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/ata-ittifaki-bir-eksikle-ilan-edildi-zafer-inananlarin-olacak-haber-1607736 |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311121533/https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/ata-ittifaki-bir-eksikle-ilan-edildi-zafer-inananlarin-olacak-haber-1607736 |archive-date=11 March 2023}} Victory Party received 2.23% of the vote and failed to pass the electoral threshold. On 24 May, Özdağ and the party announced they would back Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the second round of the elections.{{Cite news |last1=Hayatsever |first1=Huseyin |last2=Kucukgocmen |first2=Ali |date=24 May 2023 |title=Turkey anti-immigrant party leader backs Erdogan's challenger in runoff |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-far-right-party-leader-backs-erdogans-challenger-runoff-2023-05-24/ |access-date=24 May 2023}} The same day, it was revealed that there had been talks on Özdağ's appointment as Interior Minister if Kılıçdaroğlu won the election and that the parties had agreed on a seven-point memorandum of understanding.{{cite news |url=https://www.dunya.com/gundem/ozdag-icisleri-bakanligi-iddiasina-yanit-verdi-haberi-694520 |title=Özdağ İçişleri Bakanlığı iddiasına yanıt verdi |language=Turkish |work=Dünya |date=2023-05-24 |accessdate=2024-01-15 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.rudaw.net/turkish/middleeast/turkey/24052023 |title='Kılıçdaroğlu ile Özdağ 7 maddede anlaştı' |language=Turkish |work=Rudaw |date=2023-05-24 |accessdate=2024-01-15 }} However, the party's endorsed candidate, Sinan Oğan declared his support for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-21 |title=Sinan Oğan ikinci turda Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan'ı destekleyeceğini açıkladı |url=https://www.bbc.com/turkce/articles/cgxl5nn2q5lo |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=BBC News Türkçe |language=tr}}
Upon its establishment, the party had two MPs, Ümit Özdağ and {{Interlanguage link|İsmail Koncuk|lt=İsmail Koncuk|tr}}.{{Cite news |title=ZP is now in The Parliament! |language=tr |work=Habererk |url=https://www.habererk.com/gundem/zafer-partisi-tbmmde-h150819.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212921/https://www.habererk.com/gundem/zafer-partisi-tbmmde-h150819.html |archive-date=2021-09-20}} Koncuk later rejoined the İYİ Party.{{cite web |last1=Kolcu |first1=Gamze |date=25 May 2022 |title=İsmail Koncuk, yeniden İYİ Parti saflarına katılıyor |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/turkiye/ismail-koncuk-yeniden-iyi-parti-saflarina-katiliyor-1939553 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629114358/https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/turkiye/ismail-koncuk-yeniden-iyi-parti-saflarina-katiliyor-1939553 |archive-date=29 June 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr |language=tr}} Özdağ continued his membership until his party failed to enter parliament in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Gazetesi |first=Dünya |date=2023-05-15 |title=Zafer Partisi Genel başkanı Ümit Özdağ milletvekili seçilemedi |url=https://www.dunya.com/gundem/zafer-partisi-genel-baskani-umit-ozdag-milletvekili-secilemedi-haberi-693805 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=www.dunya.com |language=tr-TR}} Ancestral Alliance was dissolved shortly after the election.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-21 |title=Kılıçdaroğlu'na desteğini açıklayan Adalet Partisi Başkanı Vecdet Öz: ATA İttifakı resmen sona ermiştir |url=https://www.haberler.com/politika/adalet-partisi-baskani-vecdet-oz-ata-ittifaki-15933924-haberi/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Haberler |language=tr}}{{Cite web |date=2023-05-22 |title=Ümit Özdağ açıkladı: ATA İttifakı dağılmıştır |url=https://www.tv100.com/zafer-partisi-genel-baskani-umit-ozdag-acikladi-ata-ittifaki-dagilmistir-haber-671454 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=www.tv100.com |language=tr-TR}}
Controversies
= Süleyman Soylu and Ümit Özdağ =
On 5 May 2022, Ümit Özdağ made a press statement against the Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, who criticized him heavily in a television program, and stated that he would be in front of the Ministry of Interior building at 11:00 the next day and that he was waiting for Süleyman Soylu. Özdağ and the crowd went to the Ministry of Interior the next day, but were blocked by the police. The statements made by Özdağ in front of the Ministry, and the statements he made to Soylu increased the visibility of his party in the media.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-61349924 | title=İçişleri Bakanlığı'na yürüyüşü engellenen Ümit Özdağ: Süleyman Soylu, sen Türkiye'nin en büyük kriminalisin | newspaper=BBC News Türkçe | access-date=2022-11-22 | archive-date=2022-06-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616031420/https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-61349924 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.veryansintv.com/son-anketi-kosesinden-paylasti-zafer-partisinin-oy-orani-sasirtti/ | title=Son anketi köşesinden paylaştı: Zafer Partisi'nin oy oranı şaşırttı! - Veryansın TV | date=14 June 2022 | access-date=22 November 2022 | archive-date=26 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326131232/https://www.veryansintv.com/son-anketi-kosesinden-paylasti-zafer-partisinin-oy-orani-sasirtti/ | url-status=live }}
On 13 September 2022, a banner with the inscription "Domestic and National Escobar" on the Victory Party's Fatih District Directorate building and a bald and halfless head image below was hung. The Prosecutor's Office quickly removed this banner, stating that it "insulted a public official". Although it was not disclosed which public official was effectively being insulted.{{cite web | url=https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2022/gundem/yerli-ve-milli-escobar-pankartina-polis-baskini-7366739/ | title="Yerli ve Milli Escobar" pankartına polis baskını | date=16 September 2022 | access-date=2022-11-22 | archive-date=2022-10-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007073834/https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2022/gundem/yerli-ve-milli-escobar-pankartina-polis-baskini-7366739/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.birgun.net/haber/yerli-ve-milli-escobar-pankarti-tartisma-yaratti-402594 | title=Yerli ve milli Escobar pankartı tartışma yarattı | access-date=2022-11-22 | archive-date=2022-10-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007073834/https://www.birgun.net/haber/yerli-ve-milli-escobar-pankarti-tartisma-yaratti-402594 | url-status=live }}
= Devlet Bahçeli and Ümit Özdağ =
In 2023, Ümit Özdağ criticised Devlet Bahçeli and described him as "an agent". Semih Yalçın, a high ranking MHP official later said that "Ümit Özdağ, who reveals his true colors by insulting our party, our chairman, and us, for revealing his hypocrisy, insincerity and bad intentions." He criticised Ümit Özdağ's father by saying "Ümit Özdağ's father, the late {{Interlanguage link|Muzaffer Özdağ|lt=Muzaffer Özdağ|tr}}, left our late Chief Alparslan Türkeş alone the day before the military memoir on March 12, 1971 and resigned on March 11. In other words, he had daggered his companion in the back and left. Ümit Özdağ was made a deputy by Mr. Devlet Bahçeli as 'maybe he will be a man' and important duties were assigned to him. However, he left everything and ran away, just like his father. He shot his companion in the back. It was a burden for Özdağ to work in the ranks of nationalism and the MHP; it was heavy. With the referral of the genetic heritage he carried, he threw himself into the arms of sedition, mischief and serialization at the first opportunity".{{Cite web |last=Merkezi |first=Haber |date=2023-01-11 |title=Bahçeli'ye "ajan" diyen Özdağ'a MHP'li Yalçın'dan cevap: "Gözün kesiyorsa buraya gel, bizi sen al da senin ciğerinin kaç okka ettiğini bir görelim" |url=https://medyascope.tv/2023/01/11/bahceliye-ajan-diyen-ozdaga-mhpli-yalcindan-cevap-gozun-kesiyorsa-buraya-gel-bizi-sen-al-da-senin-cigerinin-kac-okka-ettigini-bir-gorelim/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Medyascope |language=tr}}
Leadership
These are the board members of Victory Party:{{cite web|access-date=10 May 2022|archive-date=4 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504195500/https://zaferpartisi.org.tr/baskanlik-divani/|title=Başkanlık Divanı|url=https://zaferpartisi.org.tr/baskanlik-divani/|url-status=live|work=zaferpartisi.org.tr|date=3 March 2022 }}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!# !Name !Title |
| 1
|Chairperson |
| 2
|İlkim Yüksel |Director of Education and Social Policies |
| 3
|General Secretary |
| 4
|Ali Dinçer Çolak |Director of Organization |
| 5
|Sevda Gül Tunçer |Director of Youth Politics and Party Spokeswomen |
| 6
|Şükrü Sina Gürel |Director of Foreign Policy Responsible |
| 7
|Mehmet Alagöz |Director of Development Policies |
| 8
|Murat Yıldız |Director of Legal Affairs |
| 9
|Şahin Filiz |Director of the Turkic World |
| 10
|Nadir Özkardaş |Director of Relations with Bureaucracy |
| 11
|Aslan Yaman |Director of Economics |
| 12
|Eser Güneysel |Director of Propaganda |
| 13
|Songül Mercan |Director of Local Administrations |
| 14
|Uğur Batur |Director of Press and Publications |
| 15
|Aziz Ergen |Director of Coordination Studies |
| 16
|Sevda Özbek |Director of Women, Family and Children |
| 17
|Koçak Tükenmez |Director of R&D |
| 18
|Fikret Bayır |Director of National Security |
| 19
|Seyit Yücel |Director of Political Affairs |
| 20
|Erdinç Örencik |Director of European and American Turkishness |
| 21
|Mustafa Hakan Akşit |General Accountant |
| 22
|Lütfü Şahsuvaroğlu |Director of Election Affairs |
| 23
|Mehmet Ali Şehirlioğlu |Director of Health Policy |
| 24
|Fatma Melike Karaaslan |Assistant Secretary General |
Electoral performance
=Parliamentary elections=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2| Election ! rowspan=2| Leader ! colspan=3| Votes ! colspan=2| Seats ! rowspan=2| Position |
| style="width:50px"| #
! style="width:50px"| % ! style="width:50px"| Rank ! style="width:50px"| # ! style="width:50px"| ± |
|---|
| 2023
| 1,215,264 | 2.23 | 7th | style="text-align:center;"| {{Composition bar compact|0|600|{{party color|Victory Party (Turkey)}}|#d40000|text-shadow=no}} | new | {{no|Extra-parliamentary opposition}} |
= Presidential elections =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; border:none | |||||
| Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Outcome | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023
|| 100px Sinan Oğan (Independent, supported by Victory Party) | 2,831,208 || 5.17% || {{no|3rd}} || 200px |
= Local elections =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
! rowspan="2" |Election ! rowspan="2" |Leader ! colspan="3" |City Councils ! colspan="2" |Number of municipalities ! rowspan="2" |Rank |
| Oy
! % !± !# !± |
|---|
| 2024
|File:Ümit Özdağ - 24.2.24 (cropped).jpg Ümit Özdağ |1.100.294 |2.59% |New |{{Composition bar|0|1385|hex={{party color|Zafer Partisi}}}} |Election |7th |
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