Great Anatolia Party
Great Anatolia Party Büyük Anadolu Partisi | |
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The Great Anatolia Party (Turkish: Büyük Anadolu Partisi, abbreviated as BAP and formerly abbreviated as BANAP) was a political party in Turkey.
Disputes with the Motherland Party
The Great Anatolia Party was founded in 1986 as an opposition group to the dominant
Disputes arose quickly between the Great Anatolia Party and the Motherland Party, first about the abbreviation. Initially, the name "Great Anatolia Party" (Büyük Anadolu Partisi) was "BAP", but the party changed it to "BANAP".[4] The cause for the new abbreviation was political: "BANAP" was similar to "ANAP", the abbreviation of the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi).[3]
A second dispute concerned the logo of the Great Anatolia Party, because the main elements of the logo were the map of Turkey and the honey bee, just like the Motherland Party's logo.[4]
The Motherland Party protested against these cases and litigated to the
The new logo consisted from a perforated drum and a jaguar leaping through the hole in the drum. These images referred to drummer Asım Ekren, who was the son-in-law of the ANAP leader Turgut Özal, while the jaguar was a reference to his Jaguar car, a gift from businessman Zeki Berberoğlu. The new logo caused the party to acquire a new nickname, "The Party of Drum Driller Jaguar" (Turkish: Davulu Delen Jaguar Partisi).[6]
1986 Turkish by-elections
In the
Dissolving process
After the 1986 by-elections, the Great Anatolia Party dissolved. The party officially ended with a ruling of dissolution by the Constitutional Court on 24 November 1992.[2]
References
- ^ "TV'de sürpriz amblem". Milliyet (in Turkish). 1986-08-01. p. 8.
- ^ a b c "Büyük Anadolu Partisi" (in Turkish). SiyasalPartiler.com. Retrieved 2011-05-07.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Alkan, Mehmet Ö. (2007-07-19). "BANAP ve davulu delen Jaguar..." Radikal (in Turkish).
- ^ a b "ANAP'a karşı BANAP". Milliyet (in Turkish). 1986-07-24. pp. 1 and 8.
- ^ "ANAP'ın itirazı benimsendi". Milliyet (in Turkish). 1986-07-30. p. 13.
- ^ a b Cop, Burak (2010-09-10). "Türkiye siyasi tarihinden enteresan partiler". NTVMSNBC (in Turkish).
- ^ Tuncer, Erol (2003). "EK-VI: 28 Eylül 1986 Milletvekili Ara Seçimi Sonuçları". Osmanlı'dan Günümüze Seçimler (1877-2002) (in Turkish). TESEV.