The Welfare Party (Turkish: Refah Partisi RP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey. It was founded by Ali Türkmen Ahmet Tekdal and Necmettin Erbakan in Ankara in 1983 as heir to two earlier parties (National Order Party MNP) and (National Salvation Party MSP) which were banned from politics. The RP participated in mayoral elections at that time and won in three cities Konya Şanlıurfa and Van.
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