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Devlet Bahçeli reelected as opposition MHP leader

Anadolu Agency TÜRKIYE
Published March 18,2018
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Devlet Bahçeli has been reelected chairman of Turkey's opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Sunday.

In a vote held during the party's 12th ordinary congress in the capital Ankara, Bahçeli was reelected opposition party leader. He was alone in the running.

Bahçeli received total of 1,167 valid votes.

He has been leading the party since July 1997.

In a telegram, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated Bahçeli on his reelection as the opposition party leader, a statement from the Presidency said.