20 Facts About Good Party

Good Party is a nationalist, Kemalist and national conservative political party in Turkey, established on 25 October 2017 by its current leader Meral Aksener.

Ozdag and Aydin would eventually join Aksener in forming the IYI Good Party, as did prominent MHP dissident MPs Yusuf Halacoglu, Ismail Ok and Nuri Okutan.

Good Party was announced at a congress at the Nazim Hikmet Cultural Centre in Ankara on 25 October 2017.

Good Party quickly gained five members of parliament in the Grand National Assembly who were originally elected for other parties, and numerous provincial and municipal council members that defected from their former parties.

On 22 April 2018, in the run-up to general elections, a further 15 MPs from the CHP moved to the IYI Good Party following a joint agreement between the two parties.

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The party has attracted support from the left-leaning Democratic Left Good Party, reinforcing itself as a party for all voters regardless of left-right affiliation.

Good Party, fielding the first woman candidate for Turkish presidency in history, puts great emphasis on women's rights in Turkey and made this a central part of its election campaign.

Good Party's highlighted that, in the last decade, women have become afraid to go alone on the street and wear what they want.

Good Party's has pledged that under her administration it would be her moral duty to make all women comfortable with their lifestyle and that she would tackle violence and abuse against women and children in a way that no perpetrator will even be able to think of it.

Good Party's has stated that "if men can not unite and keep fighting, a woman rises up, takes the tulbent off her head and throws it on the ground and the nation reconciles".

Good Party's went on to state that the Tulbent Revolution will be a symbol for reconciliation of different lifestyles in Turkey, and that, in her eyes, respect is more important than tolerance because tolerance usually describes a majority's behavior upon a minority and that is not the case in Turkish society.

Good Party's rejected to read from a script and talked directly about her opinions, declaring her party's position as full membership to the EU and continuation of the dialogue through membership negotiations and supplementary mechanisms.

Good Party's stated that "she is against any mindset which scraps Turkey off from Europe and EU".

Good Party's stated that "with great sadness I see that recently the same irrational rhetoric used by Erdogan is being picked up by some leaders of the EU", then advising about the need to free both sides from such rhetoric and the necessity to set a positive ground drawing two entities closer together, in line with Ataturk's peace in the homeland, peace in the world principle and the 160-year-old European character of Turkish foreign policy.

Meanwhile, IYI Good Party released a public press statement celebrating the Europe Day and making strong remarks, further bolstering party position with regards to EU affairs.

IYI Good Party will put an end to state of emergency, re-instate democracy and rule of law in Turkey and will be the movement which gives Turkey what it deserves, full membership to the European Union.

IYI Good Party holds a strict position highlighting that it is crucial for Turkey to continue being part of the Western bloc, thus NATO and is of best national interest.

Good Party's went on to say that such moves by the ruling AKP seriously dishonored and degraded Turkey's foreign policy, conflicting with 150-years old Turkish foreign policy principals and making it worthless and under her administration, IYI Party will put an end to this trend.

Good Party went on to make a strong remark, criticizing the recent pro-Russian moves of Erdogan which shift Turkey away from the Western bloc and closer to Russia, stating that "never ever since the administration of Mahmud Nedim Pasha.

Good Party vowed to lift the 2017 block of Wikipedia in Turkey on the first day after the elections.