Fatma Dişli Zıbak
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, whose controversial statements regarding the video scandals shaking his party occupied column inches throughout last week, continued to be a subject of debate over the weekend. Bahçeli’s unfortunate statements in which he pointed to Islamic scholar
Fethullah Gülen, who has pioneered extensive educational activities around the world, as the mastermind behind video scandals involving several MHP members will prove costly for the party ahead of the June 12 general elections, columnists say.
Bugün’s Ahmet Taşgetiren interprets Bahçeli’s attack on
Gülen as an effort to convince the MHP voter base that the party is under attack from outside forces, but he thinks this is the kind of effort which is doomed to fail because MHP supporters are careful and aware enough to see and appreciate the services
Gülen has provided to serve the interests of the country.