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{{Short description|Liberal political party in Turkey}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{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        = #0069a7
| founder          = Ali Babacan
| foundation       = {{start date and age|2020|03|09|df=y}}
| leader           = [[Ali Babacan]]
| general_secretary = Sanem Oktar
| leader2_title    = Spokesperson
| leader2_name     = İdris Şahin
| split            = [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]]{{refn|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arab.news/v9hv3|title = Are snap polls on Ankara's horizon?|date = 16 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ahvalnews.com/deva/babacans-deva-party-announces-founding-members?amp|title = Babacan's DEVA party announces founding members}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>}}
| ideology         = {{unbulleted list|class=nowrap|style=nowrap|
*[[Liberal conservatism]]{{refn|<ref name="indyturk.com">{{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}}<!-- auto-translated from Turkish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{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}}<!-- auto-translated from Turkish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>}}
*[[Neoliberalism]]{{refn|<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}<!-- auto-translated from Turkish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{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}}<!-- auto-translated from Turkish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>}}
*[[Pro-Europeanism]]{{refn|<ref>{{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}}<!-- auto-translated from Turkish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{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}}<!-- auto-translated from Turkish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{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}}<!-- auto-translated from Turkish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>}}
}}
| position         = [[Centre-right]]{{refn|<ref name="indyturk.com"/><ref>{{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}}<!-- auto-translated from Turkish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{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}}<!-- auto-translated from Turkish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>}}
| colours          = {{Color box|#0069a7|border=silver}} Blue<br />{{Color box|#ffffff|border=silver}} White
| membership_year  = 2024
| national         = [[Nation Alliance (Turkey)|Nation Alliance]] (2023)
| membership       = {{decrease}} 146,820<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yargitaycb.gov.tr/icerik/1597/demokrasi-ve-atilim-partisi|title=Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi|publisher=[[Court of Cassation (Turkey)|Court of Cassation]]|access-date=10 January 2022|df=mdy-all|language=tr}}</ref>
| slogan           = ''Hepimizin DEVA'sı'' ("Remedy for all of us")<br />''Korkma Türkiye'' ("Don't be afraid Turkey")<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
| seats1_title     = [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|15|600|{{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[List of municipalities in Turkey|District<br />municipalities]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|1|922|}}
| seats3_title     = [[Belde|Belde Municipalities]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|3|388|{{party color|Good Party}}}}
| seats4_title     = 
| seats4           = 
| headquarters     = [[Çankaya, Ankara (district)|Çankaya]], [[Ankara]]
| website          = [http://devapartisi.org devapartisi.org]
| country          = Turkey
}}

The '''Democracy and Progress Party''' ({{lang-tr|Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi}}, '''DEVA''')<ref>{{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}}</ref> is a Turkish political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of [[Ali Babacan]], a [[Ministry of Economy (Turkey)|former economy minister]] under the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:DEVA Partisi Kurucuları.jpg|right|300px|thumb|DEVA Party Founders Board]]

DEVA Party is a political party in [[Turkey]] formed by former Economy Minister and [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey|Deputy Prime Minister]] [[Ali Babacan]] as the result of a split from [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]'s [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]]. The party is currently being represented by 15 seats at the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]].<ref name="cumhuriyet">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref name="cumhuriyet" />

Babacan was unanimously elected as the chairperson at the Founders' Meeting on 10 March 2020.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He announced the official logo and agenda of the party on 11 March 2020, during the first conference of the party.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Despite his history in the AKP, [[Ali Babacan]] has adopted a [[Secularism in Turkey|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He has also expressed his opposition about ban on [[tariqa]]s. 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.".<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== 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]]
| [[File:Ali_Babacan_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2012_crop.jpg|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 Turkish parliamentary election|2023]]
|[[Ali Babacan]]
|{{Composition bar|15|600|{{party color|Democracy and Progress Party}}}}
|{{Increase}} 15
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of political parties in Turkey]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://devapartisi.org/ Official website]

{{Political parties of Turkey}}

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[[Category:Centre-right parties in Europe]]
[[Category:Liberal conservative parties in Turkey]]
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[[Category:2020 establishments in Turkey]]
[[Category:Pro-European political parties in Turkey]]