Turkey: Opposition MHP to back Erdogan's reelection

Rather than fielding a presidential candidate of its own in 2019, Turkey’s opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will instead back the reelection of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.


"The Nationalist Movement Party will not nominate a candidate for the presidential elections," MHP leader Devlet Bahceli told reporters in capital Ankara on Monday.

"The MHP has decided to back President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the presidential elections," he said.

Bahceli added his party could form an alliance with the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party -- Erdogan’s party -- in the presidential polls.
 (AA)