Great Unity Party

What will Turkey do?

The right-wing Islamic nationalist Great Union Party (BBP) will be part of the alliance between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) for the upcoming June 24 snap elections, its leader Mustafa Destici said on April 28. 

A court in Istanbul on Dec. 14 gave a fine of 4,000 Turkish Liras ($1,035) to the deputy head of the Alperen Hearths, an ultranationalist youth group linked to religious nationalist Great Union Party (BBP), over his threats against last year’s LGBT Pride March in Istanbul, which was banned by the Governor’s Office.

A group of people from the Alperen Hearths, an ultranationalist youth organization linked to the right-wing nationalist Great Union Party (BBP), on Dec. 11 recited the ezan (Muslim call to prayer) and performed prayers inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum

The Alperen Hearths, an ultranationalist youth organization linked to right-wing nationalist Great Union Party (BBP), has threatened the LGBT Pride March set to take place on June 25 in Istanbul's Taksim Square, vowing to prevent the march from taking place. 

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. 

A delegation from Turkey's far-right Great Unity Party (BBP) was detained at Israel's Tel Aviv airport early on May 5, the party has said.

Launching its manifesto for the snap Nov. 1 election, the Great Union Party (BBP) has vowed to completely abolish the already collapsed peace process that aimed to end three decade-old Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) insurgency.