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Members: 1
Country:
Turkey
Total party strength: 2,093
Prestige: 51
Party type: Conservative
Wins in congress elections: 2
Description
Shortly after formation, the AK Party portrayed itself as a pro-Western and pro-American party in the Turkish political spectrum that advocates a liberal market economy including Turkish membership in the European Union. The party has for a long time been supported by the Cemaat Movement of exiled Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, whose influence in the judiciary has helped to weaken the opposition against the AKP. Having been an observer in the center-right European People's Party since 2005, it however left to join the eurosceptic Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE) on 13 November 2013.
Members
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