Meral Akşener

A group of dissidents from the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has begun mulling over establishing a new political party in the coming months after a local court nixed their plans to change party leadership through an extraordinary convention.   

An opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) dissident politician has said the MHP "is our home," signaling that the renegaded group was not considering establishing a new party.  

"The MHP is our home and a mother's bosom. My friends and I don't have a plan B," Koray Aydın said on April 20.

Former Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal applied to the provincial sports directorate for the usage of a sports hall in Adana to hold a referendum rally about 23 days ago, but he has not received any answer for 23 days. 

The organizers are considering a rally for Baykal at the local open bazaar. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's gesture of visiting a "no" campaign tent in Istanbul on March 28 was a noteworthy move and a step in the right direction for normalizing the referendum process, after weeks of tension and polarization.

No, it is not your navigator giving you directions while you are driving. It is the way politics are shaping up in the world these days. Most recently, the U.S. and the Netherlands both decided to move a little to the right.

A naysayer stall set up mostly by women in Istanbul's Bakırköy district was attacked by a group on March 19, on the eve of Turkey's upcoming April 16 constitutional referendum, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

Turkey's opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) expelled four of its lawmakers on March 10, amid deepening rift within the party.   

The MHP's central disciplinary board ruled for the expulsions of Balıkesir lawmaker İsmail Ok, Kayseri lawmaker Yusuf Halaçoğlu, Isparta lawmaker Nuri Okutan and party member Sinan Oğan. 

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has slammed nationalist circles that have launched a campaign against constitutional amendments that will usher in an executive presidential government system in spite of the party leadership's vigorous support for the change.

Opposed to Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli's strong support for the government-supported constitutional change shifting Turkey to an executive presidential system, dissident voices within the MHP have launched a "No" campaign at a congress in Ankara on Feb. 18. 

Opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has slammed opponents within his party for criticizing his support for constitutional amendments that will be subjected to a referendum in April.