Meral Aksener

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Gaziantep lawmaker Ümit Özdağ has been referred to the party's disciplinary committee, according to a statement issued by the head of the committee, Halil Öztürk, on Oct. 20, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) expelled a three-member emergency convention delegation from the party on Sept. 21, according to central disciplinary board member Halil Öztürk.

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) expelled dissident member and former leadership candidate Meral Akşener from the party on Sept. 8, less than a month after she was referred to disciplinary board along with three members of an emergency convention delegation.

 The Turkish government has unexpectedly taken its controversial homeland security bill out of parliament and sent it back to a committee for further revision in a possible concession to the opposition, the official Anatolia news agency reported on March 13.