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Democracy and Progress Party Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi | |
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Abbreviation | DEVA |
Leader | Ali Babacan |
General Secretary | Yusuf Türkmen |
Spokesperson | Sadullah Kısacık |
Founder | Ali Babacan |
Founded | 9 March 2020 |
Split from | Justice and Development Party[4] |
Headquarters | Çankaya, Ankara |
Membership (2025) | 134,025[5] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right[19] |
National affiliation | Nation Alliance (2023) New Path (2025-present) |
Colors | Blue White |
Slogan | Hepimizin DEVA'sı ("Remedy for all of us") Korkma Türkiye ("Don't be afraid Turkey")[20] |
Grand National Assembly | 2 / 600 |
District municipalities | 1 / 922 |
Belde Municipalities | 2 / 390 |
Provincial councilors | 1 / 1,282 |
Municipal Assemblies | 40 / 20,953 |
Website | |
devapartisi.org | |
The Democracy and Progress Party (Turkish: Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi, DEVA)[21] is a Turkish political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of Ali Babacan, a former economy minister under the 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.[22]