“The foreign policy of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) centers on the Turkic world. The relevant section of the MHP’s election manifesto reads that the Turkic countries are the focal point of the party’s foreign policy. One of the basic targets of foreign policy for the MHP is to establish sound relationships as well as develop economic, social, political and cultural ties with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Caucasus, Turkic republics and the Balkans, Today’s Zaman newspaper reports.

“With only 11 days to the general elections, Today’s Zaman spoke to MHP deputy Umit Ozdag, an academic who is also one of the leading foreign policy experts in the party”.

“The fact that the requests made by Obama for Turkey to engage in dialog talks with Armenia and to introduce a Kurdish initiative and that they were accepted by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) without even being questioned are examples of Turkey’s dependency on the US when it comes to foreign policy, Ozdag claims, the newspaper reads.