New Welfare Party

The New Welfare Party (Turkish: Yeniden Refah Partisi, YRP) is an Islamist political party in Turkey, a successor of the Welfare Party.[4] They adopt the National Outlook (Turkish: "Millî Görüş") ideology.

New Welfare Party
Yeniden Refah Partisi
AbbreviationYeniden Refah (official)[1]
YRP (unofficial)
LeaderFatih Erbakan
FounderFatih Erbakan
Founded23 November 2018
Split fromFelicity Party
Preceded byWelfare Party
HeadquartersAnkara, Turkey
Membership (2023)Increase 269,391[2]
IdeologyIslamism
Millî Görüş
Religious conservatism
Anti-Zionism
Hard Euroscepticism
Antifeminism[3]
Political positionFar-right
ReligionSunni Islam
National affiliationPeople's Alliance
Colours  Red
  White
SloganMilletimiz için biz varız ("We are here for our nation")
Website
https://yenidenrefahpartisi.org.tr/

History

It was founded by former Prime Minister of Turkey Necmettin Erbakan's son Fatih Erbakan on 23 November 2018.[5][6]

On 21 January 2023, leader of the far-right Danish political party Stram Kurs, Rasmus Paludan was permitted to burn a Quran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.[7] Following the incident, the party protested Sweden in front of the Swedish Consulate-General in Istanbul.[8]

The party announced Fatih Erbakan's candidacy for the 2023 Turkish presidential election.[9] However, the party later backtracked and instead joined the People's Alliance on March 24, 2023.[10]

Controversies

The party's Istanbul Youth-Wing’s Vice President, Sadık Tunç, made controversial comments on the 97th anniversary of the abolishment of the caliphate in Turkey:[11] "The days when we will declare Sharia-e-Ghara-e-Muhammadiyyah are coming closer."[12] The Turkish Constitution[13] forbids proposing or calling the abandonment of Secularism (Laicism), or the abandonment of the law preventing it itself, alongside making the first four articles of the constitution untouchable and unchangeable.[14] Their predecessor was dissolved and banned by the Constitutional Court of Turkey in 1998 due to their Islamist agenda.[15] After the event, Sadık Tunç deleted his tweet on Twitter about the topic.[12]

The chairperson & founder of the newly party, Fatih Erbakan, is also an open supporter of the anti-vax movement during the COVID Pandemic in Turkey. He claimed COVID-19 vaccines could lead to people giving birth to "half-human, half-monkey" children.[16]

He also openly but briefly brought up and discussed/talked about this topic during several occasions on live-TV interviews.

Policies

The party was founded with the slogan "We are here for our nation".[17][18][19] They specified that their main goals are "First morality and spirituality, then design the new world order under the leadership of Turkey and set up the fair order."[20]

Fatih Erbakan has stated that the new party would replace the current system by a new presidential system, and that returning to a parliamentary system would be harmful. They will also take a strong anti-Zionist position like their predecessor.[21]

The party is against LGBT rights, and has declared that LGBT people are "a perversion banned in every religion".[22] The party's main aim is lifting a law that protects women and children against domestic violence.[23][24]

References
  1. "PARTİ TÜZÜĞÜ | Yeniden Refah Partisi". yenidenrefahpartisi.org.tr.
  2. "Yeniden Refah Partisi" (in Turkish). Court of Cassation. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  3. "Fatih Erbakan'a göre ha faşizm ha feminizm". 2023-03-13. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21.
  4. Kızıl, Nurbanu (2020-12-31). "New parties to have little impact on future of Turkish politics, expert says". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  5. "The New Welfare Party has been formed.. (Turkish)". YouTube.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "List of "Founders of the YRP"". Memurlar.Net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Turkey condemns Sweden protests, cancels ministers' meeting". The Washington Post. 21 January 2023.
  8. "Yeniden Refah Partisi Gençlik Kolları İsveç'te Kur'an-ı Kerim yakılmasını protesto etti". DHA | Demirören Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  9. "Yeniden Refah Partisi Cumhurbaşkanı adayı Fatih Erbakan kimdir, nereli, kaç yaşında? Necmettin Erbakan'ın oğlu mu?". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  10. "Yeniden Refah Partisi, Cumhur İttifakı'na katıldı". Sözcü (in Turkish). 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  11. Doğrusu.com (2021-03-03). "YRP goes against the Turkish Constitution". Doğrusu (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Yeniden Refah Partisi'nden hilafet paylaşımı: Şeriat-ı Garra-i Muhammediyye'yi ilan edeceğimiz günler yakındır". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  13. "The Constitution of the Republic of Turkey, Index". www.hri.org. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  14. "Turkey 1982 (rev. 2017) Constitution - Constitute". www.constituteproject.org. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  15. See also: Welfare Party#Lost Trillion Case
  16. "Fatih Erbakan'dan aşı çıkışı: Yarı insan yarı maymun çocuklar doğurabilirler". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 2021-09-13. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  17. We Are Here For Our Nation! YRP Department of Publicity Advertisement, 2019 (in Turkish), retrieved 2021-09-19
  18. "Erhürman seçimde Refah Partisi'nin sloganını mı kullanacak?". Gazeddakıbrıs (in Turkish). 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  19. "PARTİ PROGRAMI | Yeniden Refah Partisi". yenidenrefahpartisi.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  20. "TÜZÜK; Yeniden Refah Partisi". yenidenrefahpartisi.org.tr.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. "SİYASİ İŞLER BAŞKANLIĞI HAFTALIK RAPORU - 17.12.2020 | Yeniden Refah Partisi". yenidenrefahpartisi.org.tr.
  22. Ensonhaber (2022-11-12). "Fatih Erbakan: İktidara gelince LGBTİ derneklerini kapatacağız". Ensonhaber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  23. "Turkey's ruling alliance welcomes Islamist parties with misogynist agendas - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  24. Aydıntaşbaş, Aslı (2023-04-04). "Letter from Istanbul: Turkey has difficult years ahead". Brookings. Retrieved 2023-04-07.


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