Right-wing politics

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chair Devlet Bahçeli has criticized Garo Paylan, a lawmaker from the ranks of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), for submitting a bill to the Turkish parliament for the recognition of the 1915 events as genocide.

The Syrians sheltered in Turkey should return voluntarily with dignity once the decade-old internal conflict ends in their country, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader has said, stressing that those migrants who go back to their country to celebrate Eid al-Fitr should not be allowed to return to Turkey.

Shunned by many traditional media outlets, right-wing and far-right groups in North Macedonia are expanding their social media presence, but can they convert it into votes?

Angel Dzhambazki speaking in the European Parliament. Source: Dzhambazki's YouTube channel

Dzhambazki allegedly made the gesture while leaving the chamber on Wednesday after a stormy debate on the rule of law in Poland and Hungary.

The economic problems Turkey is suffering from are not unsolvable but require unity and solidarity of all people, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader has said, calling on companies and private businesses to reduce the prices of basic goods by 2 to 5 percent.

Turkey got rid of the burden of high interest rates as they damage production in the long run, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader has said, ruling out going to early elections due to economic problems.

The right-wing populist party dismissed appeals from EU institutions to reconsider the law and contained the subsequent mass street protests that engulfed the country, suffering only an initial drop in opinion polls before bouncing back. Enjoying the support of around 37 per cent of voters, PiS remains far ahead of the opposition in the polls.

"Prime Minister Viktor Orban discussed the creation of a new European political grouping in a video conference with Matteo Salvini, leader of the Italian Lega party, and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, vice-president of the Law and Justice party (PiS)," Bertalan Havasi, the prime minister's press chief, announced on Wednesday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sept. 17 reiterated his party's intention to win upcoming elections in 2023 as the People's Alliance with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

While the latter is perceived to present Poles as perpetrators rather than victims of the crimes of 20th-century totalitarianism, the government-sponsored nationalist narrative emphasises a mix of martyrology and strong anti-communist bias, often with anti-Russian, anti-German and even anti-Semitic overtones.