Dogu Perincek, leader of the Rodina party and candidate for the Turkish presidency, said that if he comes to power, Turkey will leave NATO, because the alliance, in his opinion, poses a threat to the country.
Earlier, Perincek asked the Supreme Electoral Council to run for president in the elections to be held on May 14. To do this, he must collect 100,000 signatures.
Motherland is a left-wing movement that adheres to the positions of Turkey’s first president, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and has an anti-Western and anti-American orientation. The party sees itself as the legal successor of the Socialist Workers’ and Peasants’ Party, founded in 1919. Despite the fact that the party is not represented in the Turkish parliament, it is an influential force, especially in the regions. It has more than 50,000 members in its ranks.
