Devlet Bahçeli, the leader Nationalist Movement Party (Turkish: Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, MHP), accused Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of overtly “befooling” Azerbaijan by signing the Armenian-Turkish protocols, reported the Hürriyet newspaper.

He reminded the Azerbaijani people that the Justice and Development Party ruling in Turkey does not represent the entire Turkish people. Bahçeli pointed out that the Turkish authorities’ blunders must not worsen the bilateral relation.

NEWS.am reminds the readers that the MHP is strongly against the Armenia-Turkey normalization process and the settlement of the Kurdish problem initiated by the Turkish authorities. The Turkish Premier lodged a claim against the MHP leader for going beyond the limits and bringing ungrounded accusations.

The Turkish Premier reminded Devlet Bahçeli that, as far back as 1990s, Alparslan Türkeş the MHP founder, was actively negotiating with the then Armenian leaders and offered even better conditions to Armenia.

At that time, Alparslan Türkeş offered Armenia open borders, electric energy, grain and even access to a port in Trabzon Province – all that in exchange for ceasefire. He also offered Armenia’s involvement in different energy projects.