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Erdogan, Bahceli hold first meeting in 2022

05 January 2022 18:04 (UTC +04:00)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid an unannounced visit to Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chair Devlet Bahçeli, his ally, to discuss the developments in politics in the first days of the New Year, APA reports citing Hurriyyet.

Erdogan and Bahceli are partners in the People’s Alliance. Erdoğan visited Bahçeli in his residence on Jan. 5.
“Talks between President Erdogan and Mr. Bahceli continue within their own rhythm and nature,” Ömer Çelik, the spokesman of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), told reporters. This meeting shows the reinforcement of the People’s Alliance and addresses current domestic and international matters.

Earlier in the day, Erdogan held a meeting with a group of AKP lawmakers at a working breakfast. Çelik informed that Erdogan discussed the political developments and other regional issues during the meeting where the lawmakers have also shared their opinions about these.

One of the issues that was discussed at the meeting was an increasingly “poisonous” rhetoric by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıcdaroglu, Çelik said. “There is a poisonous political language against AK Party and its leader, President Erdoğan. Necessary responses will be given to them.”