[2] This party was founded by the entrepreneur Remzi Aru in Nuremberg[3] directly after the resolution on the Armenian Genocide.

Experts see a clear proximity to Erdogan and the AKP and a "narrow choice basis", as the party would appeal primarily to Turks - of which only half may vote in Germany.

[8] The party ran for the first time in the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2017.

The state list of the AD-D in North Rhine-Westphalia was approved for the 2017 federal election.

During the election campaign, the party posted pictures of Erdogan with a Turkish slogan that translates as "Turkey friends - stand with them!