09.02.2025 14:00
The leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, made a statement regarding his health condition. Bahçeli, who underwent heart valve replacement, said, "As you may know, I have gone through a period of illness that can happen to anyone, and I am nearing the end of my treatment process. Thank God, I have entered a rapid recovery process."
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Due to his health issues, MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli, who underwent heart valve surgery, made statements regarding his health condition. Stating that he has gone through a period of illness that can happen to anyone, Bahçeli said, "I am nearing the end of my treatment process, and thankfully, I have entered a rapid recovery process."
"I AM GRATEFUL TO MY DOCTORS"
The statement of MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli is as follows; "I greet you all with my heartfelt feelings, with utmost respect and affection. As you may know, I have gone through a period of illness that can happen to anyone, and I am nearing the end of my treatment process, and thankfully, I have entered a rapid recovery process. In this context, I thank God for granting me healing. I express my gratitude to my esteemed doctors and healthcare workers who mobilized all the means of medicine, completely excluding negligence and carelessness, and who did not overlook any detail during the examination and intervention processes, demonstrating superhuman determination."
"I LEAVE ALL THOSE WHO CURSE TO GOD"
Additionally, I sincerely thank all my comrades who conveyed their get well wishes, who called to inquire about my well-being, and who sent their messages with prayers and good intentions, as well as every good person in our nation and the valuable personalities I have known in different aspects of my life. As for those who curse, I leave them all to God. Today marks the 56th anniversary of our party's founding.
I would have very much liked to discuss face-to-face with our community, which is a symbol of virtue, sacrifice, and selflessness, to remember the past and to talk about the sacred memories of our founding while merging them with our future goals. In fact, I was also considering opening a historical confrontation page by narrating the specific weight of the Nationalist Movement Party in Turkish democracy and political life over the past 56 years, the games played on it, the operations carried out, the unending attacks, the never-ending betrayals, and the ordered and related ruptures. As long as God grants me life, I will witness the realization of this goal sooner or later in its entirety. As a nationalist who has dedicated his life to his cause, homeland, and nation, I have always been aware of the values and trusts I carry above my head.
THE 56TH YEAR OF MHP
I have lived the entire 56 years of the Nationalist Movement Party with consciousness and pride. I have not experienced any disappointment in my struggle for my cause and politics, as I have not even thought of it. The relationship of a nationalist with his ideal, to put it in the words of the late Galip Erdem, is the same as the connection and relationship between a lover and the beloved in true love. The nationalist is the moral hero of the mind. I have lived and experienced this belief. Without falling under anyone's control, without wishing harm to anyone, and without yielding to anyone's whims and base desires, we defended the rights of the Turkish nation to exist, and we kept our ideals alive with the light of the dawn that will rise. As the late İbrahim Kafesoğlu uniquely described; we saw and demonstrated that nationalism is a state of mind that occupies the peak of high morality that provides national and human superiority.
We made the blessed and noble heritage that has emerged from the depths of Turkish history the axis of our perspective on life and events. The Nationalist-Idealist Movement, which nurtures sincere love for the Turkish nation and is fed by the honor of truthful belonging, is undoubtedly a brand and addressee of rightful praise with its pure ideas, its pristine struggle, and its entrustment of its children to martyrdom, transforming prisons into stone madrasas. In these chaotic times, Turkish nationalism is the most reliable, secure, and powerful action and thought harbor for our Turkey.
"TRUMP'S PLAN TO TAKE OVER GAZA IS A TIME-SET BOMB"
Since the moment he took office, the U.S. President, who has triggered political, economic, and diplomatic crises as if he has gone mad, and who needs urgent supervision in terms of his mental and moral faculties, is the sole resistance front of Turkish nationalism against the chaotic international order. I would especially like to remind you that the plan to take over Gaza and pounce on it with mafia-like political methods is a time-set bomb. Saying that Gaza will be taken over by Israel and that the oppressed people of Gaza will be exiled to some regional countries, especially Egypt and Jordan, is the tyranny of imperialist banditry. This is a resurgence of plantation colonialism or settler colonialism.
The result of this will be a tough state of war that is not only regional but also global, with the stones being laid, the signal flares being fired, and the conditions being created. It should be known that imperialism is the highest stage of colonialism. After the horrific Gaza project of imperialism, where it will stop, which countries it will infect, and to what extent and in what measures Turkey will be targeted in this architecture of barbarism is a very troubling and problematic enigma. Because emptying Gaza means challenging Turkey and the Islamic geography. The U.S. President, who has shamelessly pulled the chair from under the Israeli Prime Minister, has already made his choice by serving Zionist ambitions. Their appetite to seize Canada as the 51st state, the increasing claims of rights around the Panama Canal and Greenland, as well as the escalating trade wars, have activated many nightmare scenarios.
"THE IMPERIALIST DESIRE FOR DIVISION AND SHARING HAS BECOME MORE AGGRESSIVE"
Resistance against oppression has become a source of hope for the oppressed. The National Struggle has set a barrier against the global crusade wave with the blood of martyrs, and the spirit of national unity and brotherhood has been reinforced with the determination of either independence or death, reading the decree of our complete independence. There can be no question of bowing to imperialism and its pawns, which are queuing up to tear this decree apart. In this situation, while a dense storm is expanding its area of influence outside, we must have a spring, peace, and tranquility atmosphere inside, and all 86 million of us must stand together as one heart against potential attacks. The imperialist desire for division and sharing has become more aggressive.
In response, the Turkish nation must take a stance immediately and without delay, and a conditionless embrace must find its medium and existence from east to west, from north to south. Although there may be birth pains for a terrorism-free Turkey, considering the magnitude of the threat we face, everyone, every segment, and every shade of politics must unite in the ideal of a great and powerful Turkey. It is not an unlikely scenario that the global immorality that plans to bomb Gaza first and then sit on it may attempt to stage the same game in Turkey in the future.
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"IT IS TIME TO BE TURKEY TOGETHER"
It is definitely time to unite, time to be alive, time to be Turkey and the Turkish nation together. The Nationalist Movement Party has taken on every difficulty for its country and nation. In doing so, it has considered sacrificing its life if necessary. Our party has paid the heaviest price for its existence and struggle in every slice of 56 years. Before getting caught in the vicious barriers of those who sell out, those who insult, those who tire with snakes, and those who betray for their own interests, we have carried the narrative of my country and nation first, then my party and myself from potential to action. Now, we have a brand new and greater duty ahead of us. We must do whatever it takes to build the material and spiritual framework of the Turkish Century.
Dear Comrades, memories are behind us, dreams are ahead. However, both are directly related to today. Today is the result of yesterday. Today will be the reason for tomorrow. In this regard, for us, yesterday is our honorable past. It is our right to be proud. However, beyond memories, it should also be a guide for our present and future. Our future dreams, which we call "ideal," are also our passion for existence. While chasing the future, we should not let it become an excuse for losing our present. Of course; It is not possible to sustain our existence solely by neglecting today and only longing for the past. On the other hand, it is also not right to only dream of the future while disregarding today and the past.
For Turkish nationalists who think good things for themselves, society, the nation, and humanity; Remembering the beauties, successes, and victories of the past is a source of pride. We are proud of our ancestors' achievements and express our gratitude to them. And we know that we owe our continued existence today to them, having emerged from the pages of history written with cruelty. No matter how much we boast, it is never enough. In this respect, one dimension of Turkish nationalism lies in "the past" and in the bittersweet pages of history.
As Turkish nationalists, a movement that does not fit into molds and boundaries in the world they live in today; They aim for a much more beautiful, just, and powerful state and nation. Those who dream of a brighter future for the Turkish nation in the Turkish Era are personalities who transcend their time, opening the doors of time. The Nationalist Movement Party and the People's Alliance possess such a dazzling quality. I express my gratitude to our leader, Alparslan Türkeş Bey, who initiated such a difficult, laborious, and honorable national service 56 years ago, as well as to all those who contributed. I pray for mercy from Allah for those who are no longer with us and our dear martyrs. I wish long and healthy lives to those who are alive.
"I CONGRATULATE MY VALUABLE FRIENDS"
I am grateful that they emerged just when history needed them; At the right time, they have a say in the destiny of the Turkish nation. I greet with love and longing all the heroes, women, men, young, and old, who have enabled the Turkish nation to look at its essence and future through a completely different educational perspective, offering a new vision. Our party's past was them, today is them and all of us, and the future will be remembered in the same way. All our efforts and hopes are for this. We have been in the political arena for the last 56 years of the 102 years of our blessed Republic. In 56 of the 79 years of multi-party life, we have left our mark in Turkish politics as a mainstream political force.
Whether directly as partners in several governments; Whether indirectly as a dynamic force in the opposition; Whether as representatives of nationalism and national identity in the Turkish world in terms of thought; As a political school around the cadres it has trained and the ideas it has created; As a model in terms of attitude, stance, interpretation, and position against the non-national; As a hearth that burns in the homes of those who feel the love of their nation in every corner of our homeland; We have managed to sustain our existence until today. In this context, I congratulate my valuable friends who live, continue to live, and will continue to live the thought of Turkish nationalism under the roof of our party. I embrace them all with longing.
Even in the most remote corner of our homeland; Those who proudly hang the three crescents on the wall of their home, shop, or workplace; Those whose chests swell with the wolf symbol they stick on the back window of the car they bought with great difficulty, who come running when we say we are coming; Those who shed tears behind us when we say we are leaving; Those who share a portion of their family's livelihood for this hearth to continue burning in their region; Those magnificent comrades who wave flags, sing marches, and cry for the martyrs in convoys. On this occasion, I share my feelings of gratitude with all of them. We possess every richness that a strong political movement should have.
Our ideas are deep-rooted and strong. Our organization is widespread and powerful. Our cadres are mature and brave. Our policy is clear and consistent. Our morality is clean and upright. Our cause is blessed and sacred. Like the orderly mountains that root deeply, we reach out to the future by experiencing both the fire beneath the ground and the cold at the peaks. Throughout our lives, we guide ourselves with the principle of either endurance or expedition. We work to turn flowers into honey and poison into honey. Every day, every moment, we strive to be a person of the cause, to remain a nationalist, and we turn night into day. We have no doubt that we will succeed. I wish a happy 56th anniversary of the Nationalist Movement Party. I greet the great Turkish nation and all my comrades with love and respect. As my grandfather Korkut said in his prayer; May Almighty Allah not separate us from pure faith, not make us in need of the unworthy, not break our hopes, not bow the head of my nation and the nationalists, and may He unite those who say amen with His mercy, gather them, and forgive our sins."
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