 Complete the following phrase:  In the 2014 presidential election, the Nationalist Movement Party MHP opted to support the candidacy of Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, who was also backed by main opposition Republican Peoples Party and 12 minor parties. İhsanoğlu ultimately lost the election to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Justice and Development Party. Following the 2015 parliamentary elections and the failed 15 July 2016 military coup, the MHP moved closer to President Erdoğan and the AKP, supporting the latters push for the ultimately successful 