Turkish MPs brawl during debate on jailed opposition lawmaker
ANKARA - A fistfight broke out in Turkey's parliament on Friday when an opposition deputy was attacked after calling for his colleague, jailed on charges of organising anti-government protests but since elected an MP, to be admitted to the assembly.
Atalay was sentenced to 18 years in 2022 after being accused of trying to overthrow the government by allegedly organising the nationwide Gezi Park protests in 2013 with philanthropist Osman Kavala, also now jailed, and six others. All deny the charges. "We're not surprised that you call Can Atalay a terrorist, just as you do everyone who does not side with you," Sik told AKP lawmakers in a speech.The deputy parliament speaker declared a recess after the fistfight. Following a more than three-hour break, the session re-convened, this time chaired by the parliament speaker rather than his deputy.
The main opposition CHP leader said it was "shameful". "Lawmakers punched other lawmakers, even women. This is unacceptable," CHP leader Ozgur Ozel told reporters.
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