New Welfare Party

Political party in Turkey

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2024 Achieved significant electoral success in local elections, winning 6.2 percent of the vote.
2023 Left the People's Alliance after elections, criticizing AKP for not meeting party's demands.
2023 New Welfare Party participated in parliamentary elections for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, led by Fatih Erbakan, securing 1,515,034 votes (2.84%) and positioning themselves in opposition with a confidence and supply arrangement.
2023 Secured five seats at the Grand National Assembly during parliamentary elections.
March 24 2023 Announced support for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and joined the People's Alliance.
January 21 2023 Protested outside the Swedish Consulate-General in Istanbul following Quran burning incident by Rasmus Paludan in Stockholm.
November 23 2018 Fatih Erbakan founded the New Welfare Party (Yeni Refah Partisi) as a successor to the original Welfare Party, positioning it as an Islamist and conservative political party in Turkey

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