Nationalist Movement Party

The Nationalist Movement Party (alternatively translated as Nationalist Action Party; , MHP), is a Turkish far-right political party that adheres to Turkish nationalism and Euroscepticism. It was first formed by former colonel Alparslan Türkes in 1969, who had previously become leader of the right-wing Republican Villagers Nation Party (CKMP) in 1965. The party mainly followed a neo-fascist and ultranationalist political agenda throughout the latter half of the 20th century, but later moderated its views under the leadership of Devlet Bahçeli, who took over after Türkes's death in 1997. The party's youth wing is the Grey Wolves (Bozkurtlar) organisation, which is also known as the 'Idealist Hearths' (Ülkü Ocaklari). Türkes, who is widely revered by Turkish nationalists as the founder of the idealist movement, is commonly referred to as 'Chieftain' (Basbug) by his supporters.