The party, established in 2001 by former members of an outlawed Islamic party, won a landslide victory in the 3 November parliamentary elections, paving the way for the first single-party government in Turkey in more than a decade.
Partidul, infiintat in 2001 de fosti membri ai unui partid islamic scos in afara legii, a castigat o victorie covarsitoare in alegerile parlamentare de la 3 noiembrie, pregatind astfel terenul pentru primul guvern monocolor in Turcia in ultimii zece ani.