Having been elected prime minister on 28 August 2014 with the support of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Davutoğlu later opposed the latter's moves to transform Turkey's form of government from a parliamentary to a presidential system.

[21] Following his resignation, Davutoğlu frequently criticized the AKP government, which led the party to launch disciplinary actions against him.

The new party immediately published a list of 154 founding members which included numerous former AKP officials and affiliates.

[23] On 6 July 2023, 10 deputies from the Future Party (Mustafa Nedim Yamalı, Serap Yazıcı Özbudun, Cemalettin Kani Torun, Sema Silkin Ün, Selim Temurci, Isa Messiah Şahin, Doğan Demir, Mustafa Bilici, Hasan Ekici and Selçuk Özdağ) agreed to establish a joint group in the parliament with the Felicity Party.

[24] Davutoğlu has stated that the new party would push for a new constitution, a return to a parliamentary system, and education in minority languages.