Turkish opposition leader “concerned” about dialogue with Armenia

Anatolia news agency
4 May 05

ANKARA

MHP [Nationalist Action Party] Chairman Devlet Bahceli has said that
if terrorist ringleader Abdullah Ocalan [leader of the Kurdistan
Workers’ Party] is retried, this will appear on Turkey’s agenda just
like a “time bomb”. [Passage omitted]

Noting that the Armenian issue has been placed on the agenda due to
the fact that the EU has besieged Turkey, Bahceli explained that they
are concerned about the dialogue that Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
initiated with the Armenian president. [Passage omitted]

Asked to comment on the investigation launched in Switzerland into
Turkish History Institution Chairman Yusuf Halacoglu for saying “there
was no Armenian genocide”, Bahceli said that this incident proves the
hypocrisy of the European countries. Bahceli said: “The honourable
Halacoglu is in Turkey. Let Switzerland come and take him.”

In answer to a question, Bahceli claimed that there are expectations
regarding early elections in Turkey.