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Now playing Next Turkey Turkey's nationalists spurn AKP before polls, eye options Turkish nationalists have hailed Devlet Bahçeli as chief since 1997. The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader took steps from the start to 28/10/2015
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Now playing Next Turkey Outrage in Turkey at take over of media outlets Hundreds of Turkish government critics and opposition leaders have vowed to keep up a protest outside a Koza Ipek outlet namely Bugun TV in Istanbul 28/10/2015
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