Nationalist Movement Party

Turkey commemorates National Sovereignty Day and Children?s Day on April 23, the 95th anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish parliament, with several ceremonies across the country.

The day is celebrated as a children?s festival because children were awarded a special place in the April 23 festivities by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey. 

Turkey will commemorate National Sovereignty Day and Children?s Day on April 23, the 95th anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish parliament, with several ceremonies across the country.

Turkish police detained two people allegedly involved in an attack on the election bureau of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in Istanbul's Sar?yer district, a security official said April 19.

A group of people came to the area in cars and threatened MHP supporters in the area at noon. MHP supporters called the police following the groups' threats. 

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has said his party could form a coalition with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) after the June 7 elections, on the condition that they embrace an independent media and judiciary.

Ekmeleddin ?hsano?lu, the former head of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and a former Turkish presidential candidate, was left red-faced after mistaking the symbolic Turkish nationalist grey wolf hand gesture for the ?rock-on? sign. 

Turkey?s ruling party, along with two opposition parties, have released a joint statement ?harshly condemning the partial approach? of the European Parliament (EP) which backed a motion to call the mass killings of Anatolian Armenians during World War I a ?genocide.? 

While launching on April 15 the ruling Justice and Development Party?s (AK Parti) campaign for the June 7 general election, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu did not vow any ambitious projects, such as a third bridge over the Bosphorus, a gigantic third airport for Istanbul, or a ?crazy?

The provisional candidate lists for Turkey's upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections were announced on April 15, finalizing the review process of the candidacy lists submitted by the country's political parties to the Supreme Election Board (YSK).

A delegation of observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has held meetings with executives from opposition parties in Turkey?s parliament ahead of the June 7 general elections.

In the "Kurdish opening" of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government something rather odd has been happening lately. At first there were some nationalist outbursts from the president and his handpicked prime minister, which were reminiscent of the 1990s.