MHP leader Bahçeli: President's invitation to Aliyev for Ankara summit is important

MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli commented on the party's 15th Ordinary Congress process and current affairs. Bahçeli said the party had completed its provincial and district congresses, and that the 15th Ordinary Grand Congress had been set for Sunday, 7 February 2027.

Bahçeli said the party was closely following reports of an attempt to subject Turkey to a multi-directional strategic encirclement through its neighbours in the Mediterranean basin. He described the Libyan House of Representatives' approval of a memorandum on delimiting maritime jurisdiction areas with Libya as an important development for Turkey's rights in the Eastern Mediterranean. He said discomfort in some circles revealed the nature of interest struggles in the region.

Bahçeli said the invitation extended by the President to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to next week's Turkic States Organization summit in Ankara was important for preserving the historic and strategic value of Turkey-Azerbaijan relations. He said the bonds between the two countries rest on shared history, language, culture and mutual trust.