'MHP no longer seeks alliance for local polls'

Turkey's opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader said on Tuesday that their party no longer seeks any alliance in the upcoming local elections in March 2019.

"We no longer expect, seek or plan any alliance in the local elections on March 31, 2019," Devlet Bahçeli told his party's parliamentary group.

We will take part in every electoral district of Turkey with our own candidates, he said.

Local elections are set to be held on March 31, 2019 across Turkey.

The National Alliance between Justice and Development (AK) Party and the MHP was formed this February ahead of the June presidential and parliamentary elections, and continued in some forms between the two parties.