April 3, 2011

MHP leader draws reaction after calling on Fethullah Gulen to ‘suspend activities’

İbrahim Asalıoğlu & Erdal Şen

The chairman of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, has become the focus of mounting criticism from many segments in society after he called on internationally renowned Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to “suspend his activities” worldwide.

According to the MHP leader, recent operations carried out as part of the Ergenekon investigation have put the scholar under suspicion and that Gülen needs to “take action” to address the suspicions. He has suggested that Gülen suspend his activities worldwide.