By Aylin Sirikli
ANKARA (AA) – Speaking on the eve of Election Day, the leader of Turkey’s opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) said Turkey is facing threats from terrorist groups like the PKK, PYD/PKK and YPG/PKK, and Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO).
Speaking at an election rally in the capital Ankara on Saturday, Devlet Bahceli said: “The PKK is facing us. The PYD, YPG is around us. FETO is active with its secret cells. They will come against us again because that’s what history says. “
Bahceli also warned of economic attacks and international conspiracies against Turkey.
Bahceli's MHP is running in a People's Alliance with the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in Turkey's parliamentary and presidential elections on Sunday.
Bahceli also called the July 15, 2016 defeated coup attempt by FETO — which martyred 250 people and injured some 2,200 — a “new crusade. ”
“This attack was repelled, but it hasn't ended, ” Bahceli said.
He said terrorist groups and “treacherous ” powers are lying in wait for a good time to launch a new attack.
“We must not underestimate them, ” Bahceli stressed.
Turkey also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.
In its over 30-year terrorist campaign against Turkey, the PKK has taken some 40,000 lives, including many women and children.
The PYD/YPG/PKK is its Syrian branch.
