The party was formed as a result in a split by prominent former members of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and later joined by some former members of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). The party's founder and chairperson, Meral Akşener, and its deputy chairperson, Koray Aydın, are both former members of the MHP before establishing the party. Plans to form a new party emerged amongst prominent MHP defectors after the MHP's support for a 'Yes' vote in the controversial 2017 constitutional referendum, as well as a failed attempt to unseat the party's governing leader. In addition to endorsing a more moderate civic nationalism as opposed to the ardent ethnic nationalism of the MHP, the party runs on an anti-establishment platform criticising both the governing and opposition parties in Turkey for their ineffectiveness.[35][36] The party describes itself as being in the centre of political spectrum though third-party sources have described the party as being centre-right[41] or on the right-wing of the political spectrum.[47]
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^"What's in a Name? IYI Party – Good for Turkey?". blog.prif.org. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2022."In other words, the IYI party represents the – typical – modern face of Turkish conservatism... Moreover, Akşener also emphasized the crucial importance of democracy by defining this new party is “a march of democracy” and stated that “…individual freedoms will be extended”."
Winter, Chase (25 June 2018). "Turkey's Erdogan claims victory in presidential and parliamentary elections". Deutsche Welle (DW). Retrieved 27 July 2022. Other Erdogan rivals, Meral Aksener of the right-wing Good Party and the imprisoned Selahattin Demirtas of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), each had around 8 percent.
Butler, Daren; Altayli, Birsen (8 October 2021). "Turkish opposition deepens cooperation, heaping pressure on Erdogan". Reuters. Retrieved 27 July 2022. An alliance of the right-wing IYI Party and the centre-left CHP led to Erdogan's AKP losing control of Istanbul and Ankara municipalities in 2019, shattering his image of invincibility.
^Sazak, Selim (13 July 2021). "Turkey's Left-Wing 'Squad' Is Coming for Erdogan". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 7 June 2022. Selim Sazak is the chief advisor to the secretary-general of Turkey's Iyi (Good) Party, a center-right opposition party.
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