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Turkish Islamist party of Erbakan that won the 1995 elections and led the coalition government (1996–97). It advocated an interest-free economy, ties with the Muslim world and more room for Islam in public life, until it was dissolved in 1998 for violating secularism.
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Leans further toward religious than 84% of the 202 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Intervention, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
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Political movement advocating a state governed by sharia and Islamic identity, born with Hassan al-Banna's and Sayyid Qutb's Muslim Brotherhood, combining mass activism, religious social welfare and rejection of Western secularism.
Justicialist doctrine of Juan and Eva Perón uniting political sovereignty, economic independence and social justice, with CGT unions, nationalizations, protected industrialization, social Catholicism and a charismatic leader above parties.
Current that unites traditional values, family, and religion with strong cultural nationalism, defending sovereignty, borders, and the people's identity within democracy, with clear distrust of globalism.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian30%
Turkish engineer and professor, founder of the Islamist Milli Görüş movement and prime minister (1996–97) until the military forced him out. He advocated an interest-free Just Order, domestic heavy industry and economic integration of Muslim countries (D-8).
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Palestinian Islamist organization founded in 1987 as a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has governed Gaza since 2007. It combines social services, politics and the Al-Qassam Brigades, defends armed resistance against Israel and carried out the October 7, 2023 attack.
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