Turkey: Opposition party urges summit on Mid. East

By Ayse Sensoy Boztepe, Muhammed Ali Toruntay and Yesim Sert Karaaslan

ANKARA (AA) - The opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader on Wednesday called on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold a global summit in Turkey on developments in the Middle East .

Devlet Bahceli told reporters at his party's news conference that he backs Turkey’s expected military operation east of the Euphrates River, Syria to fight terrorism.

"Turkish nation wants it," he said.

Bahceli also said that he is not in favor of Turkey on establishing a dialogue with Syria's Assad regime under any circumstance.