The AKP was established in August 2001, two months after Turkey's top court outlawed the Virtue party, an Islamist political grouping to which Erdogan belonged.
AKP a fost infiintat in August 2001, doua luni dupa ce curtea suprema a Turciei a pus in afara legii partidul Virtutii, o grupare politica islamista careia ii apartinea Erdogan.