Shady plans for Turkey foiled: MHP head

ANKARA- Anadolu Agency

The head of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) said on April 1that “external forces seeking to implement shady machinations over Turkey failed” in the March 31 local elections. Speaking at his party's headquarters in the country's capital of Ankara, Devlet Bahçeli delivered remarks on the preliminary results of the election. "The Turkish nation put tremendous support behind country's unity and survival," Bahçeli said. "Elections are now past and Turkey has replenished its hope. It is of crucial importance to focus on worsening social and economic issues along with international challenges," he said. Bahçeli underlined that the "economic hitmen, currency gangs, terrorist groups and intentions" lost hope before the will of the nation and got the answer "they deserved.”