Devlet Bahçeli
Turkey Opposition Leader Blames Erdogan for Attack on Party Building
Meral Aksener (C), the leader of the opposition 'Good Party' (IYI) speaks at a press conference after election results in Ankara, Turkey, 26 June 2018. Photo: EPA-EFE/STR
"One-and-a-half months left to the elections, and our party building has been riddled with bullets from first to third floors following Recep's third threat," Aksener told a press conference after the attack.
MHP to run for polls with its emblems, candidates: Bahçeli
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on March 28 said his party will enter the elections with its emblems and candidates but not as part of the joint list of the People's Alliance.
"The MHP will certainly achieve the success it deserves, and longs for, with three crescent emblems and valuable parliamentary candidates in all electoral circles," he tweeted.
MHP leader says Hüda Par has no links to Hizballah
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli reacted against the critics for support of The Free Cause Party (Hüda Par) to People's Alliance and said the party has no links to the militant Islamist group Hizballah.
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Erdoğan, Bahçeli meet ahead of critical decision on polls
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his main political ally, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli, had a meeting on March 8, two days before the former is set to disclose the election date.
MHP leader accuses ‘Table of Six’ of being ‘unprincipled’
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli accused the six opposition parties on March 7 of being "unprincipled," suggesting that even in the nomination process of their presidential candidate, the members of the alliance acted with a lack of principles.
Nation Alliance’s government program a ‘treason document,’ says MHP leader
The six-party Nation Alliance's government program is a "treason document" and aims at dragging Türkiye into a system in crisis, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli said on Jan. 31.
I will make formal call for elections on March 10: Erdoğan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Jan. 22 that he will make a formal call for elections on March 10 and again underlined May 14 as the date for the country's next parliamentary and presidential elections.
MHP leader calls to hold elections in May
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on Jan. 17 called for holding the elections in May and said his party was ready for early polls.
"Let's finish this work in May and give the word and decision to the blessed will of our beloved nation," he said addressing the MHP members in parliament.
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Bahçeli slams opposition for accusing MHP of killing former official
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has lashed out at opposition politicians who have accused the MHP of allegedly being involved in the killing of a former head of the Grey Wolves body of the nationalist party, Sinan Ateş.
MHP leader says he welcomes both to hold polls on time or earlier
Nationalist Movement Panty (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on Jan. 3 said that 2023 will be the year of "democracy and ballot box" and that his party will welcome the elections irrespective of whether they are held earlier or on time.