Nor are such tactics aimed at nationalists alone; almost exactly a year before the MHP "cassette earthquake", the head of the Republican People's Party (CHP), Deniz Baykal, was targeted in a similar fashion and forced to step down.
Niti je takva taktika usmerena samo na nacionaliste; skoro tačno godinu dana pre MHP-ovog „video zemljotresa“, lider Republikanske narodne stranke (CHP) Deniz Bajkal našao se na meti na sličan način i bio je primoran da podnese ostavku.