National Order Party was a Islamist political party in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, which adopted the National View (Milli Görüş) ideology. It was founded on 26 January 1970 by Necmettin Erbakan

Necmettin Erbakan

Necmettin Erbakan was a Turkish engineer, academic, politician , who was the Prime Minister of Turkey from 1996 until 1997. He was Turkey's first Islamist Prime Minister...

. It was closed down on 20 May 1971 by the authorities on the grounds, that it violated the Constitution

Constitution of Turkey

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, specifically the articles dealing with secularism.

It was succeeded by the National Salvation Party

National Salvation Party

The National Salvation Party was an Islamist political party in Turkey founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party . The party was led by Necmettin Erbakan...

(MSP) established in October 1972.