Finally, in the 2002 general elections, the DYP, along with the rest of the country's established parties, was swept out of the Turkish parliament after failing to cross the 10% electoral threshold, amidst growing economic turmoil and political instability.

[9] The modern Justice Party was established by Vecdet Öz, a former academician and public health official in the Turkish government.

Five years later, in the 2014 local elections, the Beylikdüzü mayoralty was won by Ekrem İmamoğlu, who in 2019 became mayor of the greater Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and emerged as a prominent opposition profile.

[11] The referendum ultimately passed, and in the snap 2018 presidential elections that followed, Öz sought to compete as an opposition candidate.

For the presidential election, the alliance nominated Sinan Oğan, who succeeded in collecting the 100,000 signatures required to launch a candidacy.