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Nationalist party leader criticizes president for Assad policy shift |
2015-09-26 |
[Hurriyet Daily News] Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli has criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... over his recent remarks which displayed a policy shift to ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... endorsing Syrian ![]() Pencilneckal-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... taking a role in the transition process of the war-torn country. Referring to the pro-government pronunciation of al-Assad's name as "Esed" since the civil war erupted in Syria in 2011, Bahceli said, "From Assad to Esed, now a turn from Esed to Assad. We'll follow." Speaking at his party's Eid greetings on Sept. 25 Bahceli accused Erdogan of endorsing the United States' stance on the Syrian issue. Bahceli also accused the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of leaving some districts of southeastern Turkey in the hands of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) "on the excuse of elections," scheduled for Nov. 1. He condemned the southeastern Cizre district election board member's decision to transfer ballot boxes to other places due to security concerns and accused the judge who made the ruling of "serving" the AKP. "Ballot boxes should be opened in every corner of Turkey's lands and the elections should be held over extraordinary measures," he added. |
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