Necmettin Erbakan, an engineering professor with a successful academic career, ran for candidacy for the member of parliament from AP in 1969 elections but refused by Demirel. He ran for independent candidacy and was elected to parliament from Konya in 1969 elections. Later, with 17 other members, he founded National Order Party (MNP). When his party was closed as a consequence of 1971 military note, he founded a new party named National Salvation Party (Milli Selamet Partisi-MSP). MSP became one of the key parties of Turkish politics in both 1973 and 1977 elections by taking part in coalition governments. Both of these parties founded by Erbakan pursued a political ideology based on the synthesis of conservatism and developmentalism. Another major dimension of his parties was the focus on social justice.