Turkish president receives opposition leader Bahceli

ANKARA

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli in the presidential complex on Wednesday.

The 45-minute meeting was closed to the press.

The last meeting between the two leaders took place on Dec. 12, last year.

The ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, led by Erdogan, and MHP have agreed to support each other’s candidates in some districts and provinces in the upcoming local elections on March 31.

Reporting by Zafer Fatih Beyaz, writing by Vakkas Dogantekin