Challenged by PM Davutoğlu, Nationalist leader announces visit to Tunceli
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli will travel to the Eastern Anatolian province of Tunceli (Dersim) over the weekend, after Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄlu claimed that he would not be able to reiterate his arguments on the "Dersim debate" if he meets with residents of the province.
âThe MHP has sufficient power and character to conduct politics throughout Turkey,â Bahçeli said in a written statement on Nov. 26.
He will visit Tunceli on Nov. 28 and meet with residents of the province, he also said, noting that the city is no different than other part of Turkey.
DavutoÄlu challenged the MHP leader to deliver his political arguments in Tunceli on Nov. 25. âAre you able to address all of Turkey?â DavutoÄlu, who recently paid a visit to Tunceli, asked Bahçeli while speaking to his party in Parliament.
Bahçeli later accused DavutoÄlu of âattempting ethnic and sectarian provocation ... encouraging discrimination and reflecting separatism," and vowed to visit Tunceli in order to âreinforce the legacy of brotherhood.â
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