[1] The party is positioned on the right-wing of the political spectrum,[2] and it supports a two-state solution to the Cyprus dispute.

[6] In the 2005 Northern Cypriot presidential election, the party's candidate Derviş Eroğlu amassed 22.8% of the votes.

In the 2009 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, the party won 44% of the popular vote and 26 out of 50 seats, forming a majority government led by Eroğlu.

From 2016 until 2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, the party was the senior partner in a minority government with the Democratic Party, with its leader Hüseyin Özgürgün serving as prime minister.

[8] Since January 2023, the party has been led by Ünal Üstel, who replaced Faiz Sucuoğlu.