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### Viewing cable 07ANKARA319, TURKEY: NATIONALIST PEOPLE'S PARTY CHAIRMAN DEVLET BAHCELI: NATIONALISM FOR ALL TURKS

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07ANKARA319 | 2007-02-15 06:49 | 2011-04-20 21:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Ankara

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 000319

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2027
    TAGS: PGOV PREL TU
    SUBJECT: TURKEY: NATIONALIST PEOPLE'S PARTY CHAIRMAN DEVLET BAHCELI: NATIONALISM FOR ALL TURKS

    Classified By: Ambassador Ross Wilson for Reasons 1.4 (b, d)

    ¶1. (C)  SUMMARY: On February 5, Nationalist People's Party
    (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahceli outlined to Ambassador the
    party's priorities for the coming election year.  His candor
    was hampered by an adherence to the party's declared goal of
    becoming the sole governing party after the general
    elections, currently scheduled for November 4, 2007.  Bahceli
    indicated that MHP sees itself as a party with broader vote
    potential than in the past.  He suggested that Turkey needs
    to change the terms of its relationship with the European
    Union (EU), said the MHP is no fascist party, and demanded a
    firm stance from the US on the Armenian genocide resolution.
    The 59-year old soft-spoken leader of the ultra-right party
    known for its thuggish history appeared frail and
    increasingly elderly, but his ability to direct the party may
    be stronger than in the past. END SUMMARY.

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    The Meeting: Turkey First, Last, and Always
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    ¶2. (C) Emphasizing that the MHP is open to and can address
    the needs of all Turkish people (in a "multinational
    representational democracy"), Bahceli named Turkey's top
    three issues as separatist terrorist activities, efforts to
    make northern Iraq independent, and Cyprus.  On Iraq, he
    claimed the US is finding a solution to "satisfy its own
    public," but said that Turkey could not accept a structure
    out of line with the historical development of the region.
    The Turkmen should not be ignored.

    ¶3. (C) On the EU, he argued that Turkey has been fulfilling
    its obligations but the EU continues to obstruct progress.
    MHP wants the accession process to be dignified, but it is
    not dignified for Turkey.  The government should revise the
    Turkey-EU relationship to be open, frank, and honest.  When
    asked where the EU fits in MHP's priorities, Bahceli
    explained that the first priority was Turkey, its
    nation-state structure, and its territorial integrity.  If
    the EU poses a threat to Turkey, then "we have to revise our
    policies."

    ¶4. (C) Cyprus is a national matter for Turkey, Bahceli
    explained.  The MHP seeks a permanent bi-communal situation
    with political equality.  The EU is trying to implement a
    Greek policy and Turkey cannot accept this.  The EU made a
    fundamental mistake by accepting Greek Cyprus as a member
    before the Cyprus problem was resolved.  He observed that
    some EU states were trying to promote their own foreign
    policy independently or as part of ad hoc coalitions and
    wondered whether the EU would undergo a disintegration
    process similar to that of the USSR.

    ¶5. (C) Bahceli explained that both domestic and regional
    issues are intertwined; when Turks talk about "southeastern
    issues," northern Iraq and Kirkuk are mixed in.  When they
    talk about the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the
    US is involved in that, too.  After having discussed freely a
    number of foreign policy issues, Bahceli deflected a question
    about Turkey's relations with the east.  He testily asserted
    that it would not be right to discuss Turkish foreign policy
    issues with the ambassador of a foreign government.  (This
    nationalistic stance was promptly to the press by MHP
    figures.)  Bahceli did observe, however, that he has been to
    the United States nine times and to Iran only twice -- as if
    this were statement enough about his priorities.

    ¶6. (C) Bahceli showed a little life when asked about the
    post-Hrant Dink patriotism/nationalism debates in Turkey.  He
    claimed that such debates were an attempt to steer people
    away from truths.  The policies MHP defends were defined 150
    years ago.  What MHP believes has nothing to do with Nazism
    or fascism.  "Are we that stupid to follow such policies?"
    People who have "nothing to do with nationalism" simply
    cannot understand it, he concluded.

    ¶7. (C) The Armenian genocide resolution in the US House of
    Representatives is very upsetting for Turkey, Bahceli said.
    MHP expects a firm stance from the US.  As for the US Special
    Envoy for Combating the PKK, Bahceli demanded to know why the
    US insists on establishing a relationship with a third party:
    "Are you trying to make us sit at the table with the PKK?"
    The argument that Turkey's counterpart is Iraq is not
    convincing; the US is the one with the power in Iraq.
    Therefore, we need to find a solution with two allies,
    between two friends.  We need no tool between us, he argued,
    because there is no government in Iraq.

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    Comment
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    ¶8. (C) MHP is trying to become a more mainstream party,
    though it is as yet far from clear that the party will
    surmount the 10 percent hurdle to make it into the next
    parliament.  Bahceli confidante Riza Ayhan explained that
    this has been Bahceli's aim all along; he is only now getting
    the extreme elements of the party under control (or out)
    enough to achieve this goal.  MHP is a long way from
    inspiring confidence that Turkey's minority or dissenting
    citizens would be safe under its care.  In an echo of its
    violent past, the sign at the door of MHP headquarters
    ("Please leave your weapons at the desk") reminds that among
    MHP-types, packing heat is still an accepted characteristic
    for practitioners of democratic politics.  End Comment.

    Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
    http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/

    WILSON

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