12th Nationalist Movement Party Ordinary Congress

Nationalist Movement Party Ordinary Congress, 2018 Turkey convention no 2016 Nationalist Movement Party Extraordinary Congress 2016 18 March 2018 13th Nationalist Movement Party Extraordinary Congress 2021 96.9% Constituency Popular vote Percentage Devlet Bahçeli VOA 2015 (cropped).jpg 195x195px Devlet Bahçeli Osmaniye 870000 Nationalist Movement Party 1,167 100% Leader Devlet Bahçeli Nationalist Movement Party Devlet Bahçeli Nationalist Movement Party The 12th Nationalist Movement Party Ordinary Congress (Turkish: 12. Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi Olağan Kongresi) was a political party convention held by the Turkish right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on 18 March 2018. The Congress resulted in the re-election of Devlet Bahçeli as party leader, having been the only candidate. Background Inner-party split Following the November 2015 general election, MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli had faced several calls for his resignation after his poor election results. The dissidents, consisting predominantly of Meral Akşener Ümit Özdağ, Yusuf Halaçoğlu and Koray Aydın, began collecting delegate signatures to change the MHP constitution and allow for leadership challenges.https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler/2016/06/160619_mhp_kurultay MHP olağanüstü tüzük kurultayı sona erdi, değişiklik önergeleri kabul edildi - BBC News Türkçe bbc.com 2018-06-03 A constitutional congress was held by the dissidents on 19 June 2016, with the changes being approved by delegates, although the congress was not recognised by the MHP executive and was eventually annulled by the courts.https://www.haberturk.com/gundem/haber/1260118-ysk-mhp-10-temmuzda-kurultay-yapamaz SON DAKİKA - YSK: MHP 10 Temmuz'da kurultay yapamaz - Son Dakika Haberler haberturk.com 2018-06-03 The dissidents were later suspended from the MHP by the party disciplinary committee.https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/meral-aksener-ihrac-edildi-40219796 Meral Akşener ihraç edildi - Son Dakika Haberler hurriyet.com.tr 2018-06-03 The MHP lost further support following Bahçeli's declaration of support for a 'yes' vote in the 2017 constitutional referendum, with the dissidents openly campaigning for a 'No' vote and arguably carrying most of the Turkish nationalist vote with them.https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2017/gundem/mhp-evet-dese-bile-mhpli-hayir-diyecek-1679818/ MHP 'evet' dese bile MHP'li 'hayır' diyecek - Son Dakika Haberleri sozcu.com.tr 2018-06-03 People's Alliance with the AKP With the dissidents forming a new, centrist party (namely the Good Party) under the leadership of Akşener, the MHP announced that it would support the re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in forthcoming presidential elections and seek to form an electoral alliance with Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (AKP).https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2017/gundem/meral-aksener-kimdir-aksenerin-partisinin-adi-ne-oldu-iyi-partinin-acilimi-ne-olacak-2062395/ İYİ Parti kuruldu! Meral Akşener'in İYİ Parti'nin açılımı ne? İYİ ne demek işte Kayı Boyu bağlantısı detayı... - Son Dakika Haberleri sozcu.com.tr 2018-06-03https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/bahceli-mhp-cumhurbaskani-adayi-olarak-erdogani-destekleyecek-40813004 Bahçeli: MHP, cumhurbaşkanı adayı olarak Erdoğan'ı destekleyecek - Son Dakika Haberler hurriyet.com.tr 2018-06-03 The People's Alliance between the two parties was later launched in February 2018.https://www.ensonhaber.com/cumhur-ittifaki-resmilesti.html ensonhaber.com Cumhur İttifakı resmileşti 2018-06-03 On 18 April, Erdoğan called early parliamentary and presidential elections for 24 June 2018 after a call from Bahçeli to have them brought forward from their original date of 3 November 2019.https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/son-dakika-bahceliden-erken-secim-mesaji-40807547 Devlet Bahçeli erken seçim çağrısı yaptı o tarihi işaret etti. Erken seçim yapılacak mı? - Son Dakika Haberler hurriyet.com.tr 2018-06-03 Leadership election thumb|Party leader and only leadership candidate Devlet Bahçeli speaking at the party's 12th ordinary congress Candidates Devlet Bahçeli, Member of Parliament for Osmaniye and leader of the MHP since 1997 Only Bahçeli put his name forward for the leadership, receiving 1,176 signatures from 1,207 delegates.https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/mhpde-devlet-bahceli-yeniden-genel-baskan-secildi,k0hcEKPDC0GGNMKSXr2rqg MHP'de Devlet Bahçeli yeniden Genel Başkan seçildi NTV 2018-06-03 Results Candidate Votes % Devlet Bahçeli 1,167 100.0Invalid/blank votes 2 – Total 1,169 100.0 Number of delegates/turnout 1,207 96.9Source: NTV See also 36th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention 3rd Peoples' Democratic Party Ordinary Congress References 1 Category:2018 elections in Turkey Category:Nationalist Movement Party Congresses Category:2018 conferences Category:March 2018 in Turkey Category:2010s political conferences