Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced plans to step up the production of medium- and long-range missiles in a ...

But a few weeks after Mr. Imamoglu’s arrest, Devlet Bahceli, the leader of the M.H.P., urged a quick resolution. “If he is innocent, he should be released,” Mr. Bahceli was reported to have ...

Turkish representatives like Devlet Bahçeli and even Erdoğan have said repeatedly in recent months that they want to start a new, peaceful time of Kurdish-Turkish relations.

MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli said, “Today, the winner is peace and brotherhood. The winner today is politics and democracy.” He thanked Erdoğan and Öcalan, whom he called “the founding leader of the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday hailed the dissolution of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), a proscribed terrorist organisation in Turkey and the European Union, which had ...

MHP leader Devlet Bahceli, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet supporters at a rally while campaigning for the presidential election on May 7, 2023, ...

In October of 2024, Devlet Bahceli, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader and President Tayyip Erdogan's political ally, shocked Ankara when he suggested Ocalan could be released if he ...

The PKK Kurdish militant group says it will disband and end its armed struggle as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of armed conflict.

Bahceli has openly called for a new constitution, saying it was essential to keep Erdogan in power for Turkey’s future. Erdogan and Bahceli are reportedly seeking parliamentary support from the DEM.

MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli after voting in Ankara, Turkey, in March 2019. (AP Photo/Ali Unal) Internal divisions within Kurdish political forces also complicate the process.

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what could mark a significant boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, two days ...