Devlet Bahçeli

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has described a recent proposal by the nationalist party leader for ending terrorism in Türkiye as a historic opportunity, with calls on the Kurdish people and political actors to put distance between them and the PKK terrorist organization.

Turkey's primary nationalist opposition party leader has suggested that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been using an EU visa liberalization process with Turkey as a "carrot" to deploy her country's forces at Turkey's ?ncirlik Air Base.

Turkey's nationalist opposition leader has rebuked Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu for hurrying up the process of drafting a new constitution in a "patronizing" manner which ignores the priorities of Turkey's opposition parties, including his Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

Funeral ceremonies have been held in several provinces for 15 security personnel killed in multiple attacks carried out by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, with a funeral in the capital of Ankara attended by several government officials and political party leaders.