Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:47am on 17 Aug 2024,Saturday International
A brawl erupted in Turkey's parliament on Friday as lawmakers clashed over the case of jailed opposition deputy Can Atalay. The altercation, which lasted about 30 minutes and injured at least two lawmakers, forced a suspension of the session. The dispute began when AKP member Alpay Ozalan attacked Ahmet Sik of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TIP), who had criticized the government's handling of Atalay, a lawyer and rights activist stripped of his parliamentary immunity earlier this year. Following the chaos, deputies reconvened and voted against restoring Atalay’s parliamentary mandate, intensifying the political turmoil in Turkey.
