National Movement Party (MHP)

Political parties submitted their parliamentary candidate lists for May 14 polls to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) on April 9.

The National Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli said on Sept. 9 that the planned independence referendum of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government on Sept. 25 was among the closest threats on Turkey's national security and that it should not be allowed. "This referendum of peshmerga is one of the closest threats on our national security and it should never be allowed.

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the National Movement Party (MHP), recently criticized the Kurdish Regional Government's (KRG) plan to hold an independence referendum and said "this should be considered 'casus belli' [cause for war]."

Some might have realized that Bahçeli's statements in the recent past on foreign policy issues have turned out to be Turkey's official foreign policy.

The head of National Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli declared Thursday that Iraqi Kurds holding an independence referendum would be "casus belli," meaning, a reason for war.

President Recep Tayyip Erodğan praised parliament's bravery during the coup attempt on July 15, 2016, while addressing thousands of people at a ceremony in front of the general assembly building.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has arrived the parliament building to address a ceremony to mark the first year of defeating the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, following ceremonies in Istanbul.

Looking at the rhetoric around Turkey's youth, one could safely deduce that Turkey's youth were the country's heart! After all, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkey's founder, entrusted the country to their hands, although it means that they are obliged to learn his speech to the youth by heart - and trust me, you do not exactly beam with gratitude as you haggle over the difficult text!

The first date signaled as the launch of the "yes" campaign of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) for the April 16 referendum was Feb. 7. President Tayyip Erdoğan had asked the AK Parti to get ready for that date, the end of parliament's winter recess.

Minutes after independent deputy Aylin Nazlıaka handcuffed herself to the rostrum during the ongoing constitutional debate, I took a small poll on what my friends thought of the protest. The first reaction, based on the fleeting images of the deputy handcuffed to the mike, were mostly negative.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Nov. 11 that his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) and the opposition National Movement Party (MHP) would be drafting changes to the constitution for a shift to a presidential system - if God wills, he added.