Yusuf Halaçoğlu

Two expelled dissident members of the Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP), Ümit Özdağ and Yusuf Halaçoğlu, have said they have launched efforts for the formation of a new political party.

"There will be some surprise names in the party," they said on July 4.

A split within the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) regarding the April 16 referendum that will decide whether the current parliamentary system should be replaced with an executive presidency has deepened with attacks against party dissidents.

A hall being used by dissidents from the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) was attacked by a group late on March 8 in the Silifke district of the southern province of Mersin. 

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. 

Dissidents from the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have decided to hold a meeting on Feb. 18 in the Nazım Hikmet Congress and Culture Center after the party leadership called for the expulsions of four of its members amid internal rift between party members. 

Dissident members of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have announced that they have formed a group to campaign to vote "no" in the upcoming referendum on shifting Turkey to an executive presidential system.