Devlet Bahceli, leader of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) -the second biggest opposition in the parliament- criticized the government’s foreign policy and the recent rapprochement with Armenia. Addressing the group meeting of his party Tuesday in the parliament, Bahceli said the government “failed to seek Turkey’s national interests.”
He said the government’s zero problem policy was “nothing more than subordination to foreign aspirations it failed to resist.” Bahceli said the recent protocols signed with Armenia was “the arbitrariness” of the government and it “did not reflect the views and emotions of the whole nation.”
He urged the government not to be influenced by foreign impositions and to avoid straining relations with a country while trying to fix relations with another. ”The Justice and Development (AK) Party mentality which risks loosing Azerbaijan in the name of winning over Armenia, has forced relations with this close ally to a dangerous path,” said Bahceli.
Bahceli said Turkish nation was loyal to and always stood by Azerbaijan urging it not to hurt feelings of the entire Turkish nation for mistakes of the AK Party administration. “In this respect we urge Azerbaijan to respect the Turkish flag and channel “their righteous anger” to diplomatic paths,” said Bahceli, reported Anatolian News Agency.
