Turkey’s parliament ejects jailed lawmaker Can Atalay, defying top court - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ezgi Akin

Ezgi Akin

Jan 30, 2024

Erkan Bas (L), the leader of Workers' Party of Turkey, and party members Sera Kadigil (C) and Ahmet Sik (R) display a portrait of jailed lawmaker Can Atalay during a swearing-in ceremony at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara on June 2, 2023. — Adem ALTAN / AFP

TOPSHOT - Turkish ruling and opposition lawmakers fight each other after a scuffle between former footballer Alpay Ozalan (unseen), a lawmaker from Erdogan's ruling AKP party and Turksih Workers Party (TIP) deputy Ahmet Sik (unseen) at Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara on August 16,2024. A brawl broke out in Turkey's parliament on August 16, 2024, after lawmakers convened to discuss the status of a jailed opposition figure controversially stripped of his parliamentary immunity earlier this year. T

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Erkan Bas (L), leader of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TIP), and fellow party MPs Sera Kadigil (C) and Ahmet Sik (R) display a portrait of jailed TIP MP Can Atalay, during a swearing-in ceremony at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, June 2, 2023.

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