Bahçeli

The Montreux Convention is a red line for Turkey that guarantees peace and stability in the Black Sea, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader said on April 6. 

"First of all, I would like to say that Montreux Convention signed in 1936 is a component and inseparable part of the Treaty of Lausanne," Devlet Bahçeli told his party's parliamentary group in the capital Ankara.

Ankara's Chief Public Prosecutor on April 4 launched an investigation into a declaration released by 104 retired admirals over remarks made by Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop on the Montreux Convention.

The declaration has drawn strong reactions from the government and officials.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on March 31 criticized the Constitutional Court's decision that sent back an indictment aimed to ban the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) due to deficiencies in the file

"At this stage, the HDP gained time on the pretext of procedural shortcomings," Bahçeli said in a written statement.

The leader of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, on March 18 welcomed a case by a top prosecutor demanding the closure of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), saying the party should be shut and "never to be opened again."

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), has slammed both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) over the removal of the student oath from primary schools after a court decision.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on March 15 reacted strongly against the decision of the Council of State preventing the Turkish oath in schools.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on March 2 reiterated his call for the closure of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

He also urged the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and İYİ (Good) Party to "clarify" their positions for the summary of proceedings prepared to lift the immunity of HDP MPs.

Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on Feb. 23 called on youngsters of Turkey to be careful in expressing their objections and avoid "making wrong choices," while warning them to stay away from the "terror groups in front of university doors," referring to Boğaziçi University protests.

Devlet Bahçeli, the chair of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has announced that he will run for the party's leadership at the MHP's general convention in March.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli criticized a court decision for the retrial of the former Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Enis Berberoğlu while calling for the restructuring of the Constitutional Court.