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On Friday the opposition moved to reverse the choice — a proposal which members of the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vocally (and bodily) disagreed with.
The punch-up started whereas Workers’ Party MP Ahmet Şık addressed his colleagues to ask for the discharge of Atalay from jail. During his speech, he referred to as AKP lawmakers “the largest terrorists of this nation.”
At that time, AKP member Alpay Özalan launched into Şık and shoved him to the bottom. Other AKP lawmakers joined in to punch him whereas he was on the ground.
The assault shortly become a full-fledged brawl that lasted half-hour and led to the suspension of the listening to. When the session ultimately resumed three hours later, MPs voted to uphold Atalay’s suspension.
The parliament additionally reprimanded Şık for his statements in opposition to the AKP and Özalan for the assault that kicked off the combat.
Özgür Özel, chief of the primary opposition party CHP, stated he was ashamed to have witnessed the violence. “Lawmakers punched different lawmakers, even girls. This is unacceptable,” he stated in feedback reported by Reuters.
Brawls in Turkey’s parliament chamber have turn out to be much less uncommon than one would hope. Back in June, AKP and opposition lawmakers bought right into a scuffle over the detention of a pro-Kurdish mayor.
