Motherland Party (Turkey, 2011)

The Motherland Party (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi, abbreviated as ANAP) is a political party in Turkey. It claims to be the heir of the Motherland Party founded in 1983 by Turgut Özal, which dissolved in 2009. In the September of 2011 a party of the same name was founded. Its current president is İbrahim Çelebi.

Motherland Party Anavatan Partisi
Abbreviation	ANAP
Chairperson	İbrahim Çelebi
Secretary-General	Okan Niğdeli
Deputy Chairman	Fatih Güllüoğlu
Founder	İbrahim Çelebi
Founded	11 September 2011; 13 years ago (2011-09-11)
Split from	Democrat Party
Headquarters	Ankara, Turkey
Membership (2025)	23,661[1]
Ideology	Turkish nationalism[2] Conservatism[2] Ordoliberalism[2] Libertarianism[2] Minarchism[2] Irredentism[2] Özalism[2]
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Gold
Municipal Assemblies	6 / 20,498
Website
www.anavatan.org.tr
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History

On 11 September 2011, the party was re-established, with the same ideology as the first organization. Its current president is İbrahim Çelebi.

On 9 March 2023, a pro-Erdoğan journalist, Mahmut Övür claimed that ANAP will join the People's Alliance.^[3][4] Eventually, ANAP decided to support Sinan Oğan instead.

Election results

General elections

Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Election date	Party leader	Number of votes	% of votes	Seats won	Government
2023	İbrahim Çelebi	65,496[5]	0.12%	0 / 600