Nationalists

The southern province Osmaniye is the birthplace and constituency of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli. In this sense, it a special place for the MHP.

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), whose candidate Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, nominated with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), did not win in the presidential election, has severely criticized Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s polarizing discourse which he resorted during his campaign.

By Paul Taylor, Robin Emmott and Justyna Pawlak

Eurosceptic nationalists scored stunning victories in European Parliament elections in France and Britain on Sunday as critics of the European Union more than doubled their seats in a continent-wide protest vote against austerity and unemployment.