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==Base== According to sociologist {{Interlanguage link multi|Doğu Ergil|tr}}, the Grey Wolves—"the militant youth wing of the Turkish ethnic nationalists that are dissatisfied with the inertia of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) camp"—are supported by 3.6% of the Turkish electorate as of 2014.<ref name="Ergil" /> A 2021 poll by [[Kadir Has University]] found that a similar percentage, 3.2% of respondents identify as ''Ülkücü'', or supporters of the Grey Wolves.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kadir Has Üniversitesi'nin siyasi eğilim araştırması [Political tendency research of Kadir Has University] |url=http://habercalar.com/kadir-has-universitesinin-siyasi-egilim-arastirmasi/ |website=habercalar.com |language=tr |date=6 January 2022 |quote=Ülkücü =3.2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119020249/http://habercalar.com/kadir-has-universitesinin-siyasi-egilim-arastirmasi/ |archive-date=19 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Aydın |first1=Mustafa |title=Türkiye Eğilimleri – 2021 |url=https://www.khas.edu.tr/sites/khas.edu.tr/files/inline-files/turkiye-egilimleri-web-basin.pdf |website=khas.edu.tr |publisher=[[Kadir Has University]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106113354/https://www.khas.edu.tr/sites/khas.edu.tr/files/inline-files/turkiye-egilimleri-web-basin.pdf |archive-date=6 January 2022 |page=14 |date=4 January 2022 |quote=Türk Halkının Siyasi Yelpazedeki Yeri: Kendinizi siyasi görüşünüz açıdan nasıl tanımlarsınız?}}</ref> According to analyst Ankarali Jan, the Grey Wolves have a largely unofficial presence in Turkey's major universities, but their "real power is on the streets, among disaffected poor people in predominantly Turkish Sunni neighbourhoods."<ref name="middleeasteye 2015" /> Norm Dixon wrote in the ''[[Green Left Weekly]]'' in 1999 that the MHP and Grey Wolves "retain strong support within the military."<ref name="greenleft 1999" /> In 2018, Tom Stevenson described it as a "street movement."<ref name="movement"/>
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