When asked about the Deputy Chairman of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Tuğrul Türkeş's confession that members of the Gülen Movement - led by U.S.-based imam Fethullah Gülen - attempted to infiltrate his party, MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli confirmed Türkeş's claims "Such attempt has taken place but it was not successful," he said.Implying that the Gülen Movement is responsible for a sex tape scandal, which caused the resignations of 10 top party executives, including the party's deputy chairmen in 2011, Türkeş said Gülenist attempts to infiltrate the party was stopped by the party administration. "They tried but we ended it. I don't know whether it is done by core authorities or local authorities but we saw some Gülenist people rallying for settling in our party's provincial organizations and we intervened. It is different to have sympathy towards the MHP's views and working there but if you dare to say 'I shall do that share of this job,' you would harm my right to be a democratic political party," Türkeş said.