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Islie: 4:43pm On Aug 17, 2024
Lawmakers Exchange Blows During Heated Debate, Leave Bloodstains In Chambers In Turkey


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ovu5xW5cOw?si=LDEUSU-UuAUIlfff

A dramatic altercation unfolded in the Turkish Parliament on Friday as a heated debate over the detention of an opposition delegate descended into physical violence.

The brawl erupted when Ahmet Sik, a representative from the same party as the jailed deputy, was attacked by a member of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party during a tense session.

Televised footage captured the moment Sik, who had just accused the ruling party of being a “terrorist organisation,” was approached and assaulted at the chamber’s podium.

AP reports that a chaotic scene unfolded in the Turkish Grand National Assembly during a recent session, with multiple deputies involved in a scuffle.

A female lawmaker was struck, leaving bloodstains on the steps leading to the speaker's lectern, and another opposition member was also injured. Physical altercations among Turkey’s lawmakers are not uncommon.

Ozgur Ozel, leader of the largest opposition party, condemned the violence, stating, “It is a shameful situation. Instead of exchanging words, fists are flying, and there is blood on the ground. They are hitting women.”

The session was convened to discuss the case of Can Atalay, who was elected from prison as a parliamentary deputy for the Workers’ Party of Turkey (TIP) in last year's election.

Atalay, who had been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the 2013 anti-government protests against then-Prime Minister Erdogan, has been fighting to take his seat in parliament. Achieving parliamentary immunity would enable his release from Marmara prison, though he has pledged to return to prison once his term concludes.

Despite favourable rulings from the Constitutional Court, lower courts have ignored these decisions, leading to a judicial crisis and increased frustration among Atalay’s ers. On August 1, the Constitutional Court declared the decision to strip Atalay of his parliamentary status “null and void.”

In response, opposition parties called for a special session to address the matter. The convictions of Atalay and seven others in the Gezi Park case have faced widespread criticism from human rights organizations and legal experts. Osman Kavala, the main defendant, received a life sentence without parole, and the European Court of Human Rights has called for his release, citing arbitrary detention and political motivations.

The Gezi Park protests began in the summer of 2013 as an environmental campaign against the development of a central Istanbul park, but quickly expanded to broader protests against Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian regime.

Amnesty International’s Turkey office emphasized on social media that Atalay’s personal freedom, security, and right to be elected, which the Constitutional Court found to have been violated, should be restored.
After a three-hour recess, the parliamentary session resumed, with both the involved deputies receiving reprimands from the parliament’s speaker.

https://saharareporters.com/2024/08/17/lawmakers-exchange-blows-during-heated-debate-leave-bloodstains-chambers-turkey

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madridguy(m): 4:59pm On Aug 17, 2024
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Hezzyluv: 5:01pm On Aug 17, 2024
Except it to happen in Nigeria soon since we own lawmakers are good at copy copy. grin

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budaatum: 5:11pm On Aug 17, 2024
Adabilaal: 5:18pm On Aug 17, 2024
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Okortor: 5:18pm On Aug 17, 2024
I wan see gbajamiala and akpabio exchange blow first

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Softmirror: 5:18pm On Aug 17, 2024
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Badgers14: 5:18pm On Aug 17, 2024
No gree for anybody even if you are in Turkey grin grin

For the camera man..

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francissmithz: 5:19pm On Aug 17, 2024
Why not give your audience something to engage with when they visit your page?
Let's manage your social media today and give you enough photo and video posts for that exact reason cool
Number is in my signature

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whytediamond(m): 5:19pm On Aug 17, 2024
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Many are mad but few are roaming grin

No be only Nigeria get craze people.

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Sapasenator: 5:20pm On Aug 17, 2024
I need one of the lawmakers to punch that clownish and pompous Akpabio on that his kpomo face.

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YoungLionken(m): 5:20pm On Aug 17, 2024
All these politicians chop the same witch cheesy..

In Benin city those days, na battle axe state lawmakers draw come out o cheesy while federal houses na to fly fence like agbero grin...

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OgaTheTop2: 5:20pm On Aug 17, 2024
Hezzyluv:
Except it to happen in Nigeria soon since we own lawmakers are good at copy copy. grin


Naija lawmakers will not exchange blows. They love their allowances and palliatives more than they love the country and her citizens...

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yarimo(m): 5:21pm On Aug 17, 2024
Dino role models

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Remman(m): 5:21pm On Aug 17, 2024
This is NATO's terrorist nation.

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ruggedboy01: 5:21pm On Aug 17, 2024
Na so their counterparts for Nigeria go exchange blows too one day😒🤣

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Nonexisting1: 5:21pm On Aug 17, 2024
Hezzyluv:
Except it to happen in Nigeria soon since we own lawmakers are good at copy copy. grin
No, it will not happen. All our lawbreakers belong to one political party now, the N. Criminal Party of Nigeria.

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Creamypie(m): 5:21pm On Aug 17, 2024
For the love of the "people"

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175(m): 5:21pm On Aug 17, 2024
Our lawmakers what are you waiting for

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Badgers14: 5:22pm On Aug 17, 2024
Hezzyluv:
Except it to happen in Nigeria soon since we own lawmakers are good at copy copy. grin

Someone posted, "Lawmakers in Nigeria normally go "traditional ".. evidence no go dey" grin grin

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Treasure17(m): 5:23pm On Aug 17, 2024
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No gree for anybody.
fredoooooo: 5:23pm On Aug 17, 2024
Turkish , Arabs, hot bloods and aggressiveness are like bread and butter, I'm not surprised grin grin

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tydi(m): 5:24pm On Aug 17, 2024
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Instead of exchanging words fists are flying

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omenka1: 5:24pm On Aug 17, 2024
This is what happens when you have rascals in leadership positions......




But I guess they copied this from Nigeria. If u r with me, hit like

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omenka1: 5:24pm On Aug 17, 2024
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ogolemati: 5:24pm On Aug 17, 2024
grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin it won't happen here,it can only happen between ers

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omenka1: 5:24pm On Aug 17, 2024
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Macnnoli4(m): 5:24pm On Aug 17, 2024
Blood ke? When you want to be more associated with European Union but your Middle East behaviour still dey kampe.

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FreeStuffsNG: 5:26pm On Aug 17, 2024
Our Legislators are learners

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