13.04.2026 18:50
MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli reacted to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's statements targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with a venomous statement. Describing Netanyahu's words as "an expression of moral bankruptcy and a guilty psychology," Bahçeli emphasized that a mentality that massacres innocent civilians has no right to speak to Turkey.
The Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, reacted strongly to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's remarks targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
In a written statement he made on social media regarding the issue, Bahçeli included the following remarks:
"THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY IS NOT A STATE THAT WILL BE SHAKEN BY THE SLANDERS OF DIRTY MOUTHS, NOR WILL IT CHANGE DIRECTION WITH CHEAP PROPAGANDA"
"Israel's criminal record is extensive, and its Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is unaware of basic human rights and freedoms and an enemy of democracy, has made low-level and arrogant statements about the President of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; these expressions are not only a political delusion but also a manifestation of moral bankruptcy. We should evaluate Netanyahu's baseless statements as an expression of a guilt psychology that has lost its reins, a despicable politics built on blood and massacre, and a fear of being cornered.
These rotten words, which are the product of a mind disconnected from reality, with a broken scale of conscience and a political intellect fallen into captivity, reveal not the addressee but the deep legitimacy crisis that the speaker has fallen into. The Republic of Turkey is not a state that will be shaken by the slanders of dirty mouths, nor will it change direction with cheap propaganda.
"IT IS A NEW LOW POINT REACHED BY SHAMELESSNESS AND ARROGANCE"
What needs to be discussed today is not the word but the owner of the crime.
In a time when the wave of regional and global instability is becoming increasingly severe; when the climate of peace and security in our region is being attempted to be disrupted with Zionist calculations, and imperialism is supporting this bloody and dirty game; the attempt of a terror machine that brutally massacres innocent civilians to speak against our esteemed President, our country, and our state is a new low point reached by shamelessness and arrogance.
Those who cannot account for the bombs raining down on children in Gaza; this understanding that seizes the West Bank, occupies Lebanon, threatens Syria's sovereignty, and engages in regime engineering through illegitimate means in Iran, making it a habit to disrupt the internal balances of neighboring countries; has been condemned in the conscience of humanity with its aggressive policies that have turned the region into a ring of fire and is now making noise to divert attention elsewhere.
This approach, which steals peace, plunders security, and loots the common values of humanity; is not only an aggression but also a kleptocracy and moral decay.
The Israeli administration has turned into an organized crisis center that dynamites regional peace, tramples international law, and feeds instability. This structure targets not only the peace of the Middle East but the peace of the entire world.
"NO ONE CAN HIDE THEIR OWN CRIMES BY TARGETING TURKEY"
The words of Netanyahu, who speaks in the shadow of all this, are the product of panic, not politics.
I emphasize within the framework of the uncompromising stance of the People's Alliance, which is based on the integrity and order of the Turkish nation, and which does not bend or break in the face of any difficulty or focus:
Our esteemed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the head of the Republic of Turkey. The shameless and outrageous language directed at him is directly aimed at the sovereignty rights of the Turkish state, the reputation of the Turkish nation, and the national will itself.
The Republic of Turkey will continue to stand tall against such dirty scenarios with its history, state wisdom, and deep civilizational accumulation. No one can hide their own crimes by targeting Turkey, nor can they cast their own darkness onto others.
"HIS WORDS ARE NULL AND VOID"
Behind this aggressive tone targeting Turkey lies the discomfort of the leader of the Zionist terrorist organization with Turkey's increasing diplomatic weight, the voice of truth that our esteemed President has raised in favor of oppressed geographies, and Turkey's strengthened stance along the axis of national unity. This is the essence of the matter.
Netanyahu's words directed at our President are null and void.
We stand by our President. We are against every insidious and treacherous operation, provocation, slander, and threat directed at the power of our state and the stance built on freedom.
Respectfully announced to the public."