Video: Turkey lawmakers draw blood in fist fight during debate on jailed MP
Hindustan TimesA brawl broke out in Turkey's parliament Friday after lawmakers convened to discuss the status of a jailed opposition figure controversially stripped of his parliamentary immunity earlier this year. Turkey's lawmakers got into a scuffle during the extraordinary session of the Turkish Grand National Assembly to debate the case of jailed opposition lawmaker Can Atalay, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. But that election win led to a legal standoff between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's supporters and opposition leaders that pushed Turkey to the verge of a constitutional crisis last year. Parliament's decision in January to oust Atalay came after a ruling by the supreme court of appeals that upheld his conviction, clearing the way for the move to strip him of his parliamentary immunity.
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