Bahceli lambastes the west, Arab world

The structure of the Turkish nation-state has been harmed through TRT 6, the first Kurdish-language channel of the state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), said Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli yesterday. Speaking to his party's group meeting, Bahceli also said that language is a basic pillar for creating a separate national identity. Touching on Israel's attacks in Gaza, he lambasted both the West and the Arab world, saying, "Not only the West, which tolerated Israel's offensive as self-defense, but also the Arab world also failed here."