MHP leader warns against provocations during presidential election process
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on July 10 issued a notice, warning his supporters against provocations until the Aug. 10 presidential election.
âThere is no doubt that actors are staying on alert to sabotage the presidential election process and create a crisis. The possibility of provocations on different platforms by factors controlled by the [ruling Justice and Development Party] AKP, which has infiltrated us, and by dark intentions in the state, should not be disregarded,â Bahçeli said in the notice sent to the partyâs provincial and local heads. âNone of our friends will be a perpetrator or a provocateur in any tension, clash or conflict.â
All the works to introduce the oppositionâs joint candidate Ekmeleddin Ä°hsanoÄlu will be run in kindness and patience, Bahçeli said.
The MHP leader said Turkey has been in a crisis for a long time, blaming the AKP for its politics, which have caused the country to be riled with alienation, corruption, poverty and degeneration.
âThe Turkish nation has been ignored, Turkish history has been denied, the Turkish flag was pulled down, the Turkish land has been subjected to attacks by separatists,â he said, adding the outlawed Kurdistan Workersâ Party (PKK) has gained positions, as well as political status with the government.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄanâs candidacy is a scandal and a shame, Bahçeli also said, accusing him of leading the way to the division of the country.
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