2024-08-16 19:23:47
On Friday, at least three members of the Turkish parliament were injured in a fistfight during a meeting of the Turkish Parliament over the case of opponent Can Atalay, whose record was banned in 2013. Conviction over Istanbul’s Gezi Park protests quashed.
The fight broke out when Workers’ Party lawmaker Ahmed Sik was speaking, accusing the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) caucus of having “no sense of shame or dignity,” the newspaper reported. ‘.
Sik accused the AKP of being Turkey’s “biggest terrorist organization” after one of the group’s deputy Alper Ozalan approached Sik and hit him in the face. Soon after, chaos broke out in the chamber.
In addition to Sikh, two other representatives were also injured in the brawl: Okan Konuralp from the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Gulistan, deputy chairman of the People’s Equality and Democratic Party (DEM) Gulistan Kiliç Koçyigit.
“We condemn this act of aggression in the strongest terms. They took advantage of their numerical superiority to attack opposition representatives and injured the eyebrow of Gulistan Kilic Kochigit, the deputy chairman of our group.
Ozgur Ozer, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, urged Turkey’s National Assembly Speaker Numan Kurtummus to “take immediate measures.” “This act of aggression is unacceptable,” he stressed in a statement.
Can Atale Case
Pro-human rights lawyer Atalay received a certificate of representation in the May 14 elections of the Turkish Workers Party, but failed to take office at the inaugural session of the new legislature.
Opponents were sentenced to 18 years in prison for crimes related to the Gezi protests that broke out in 2013 to prevent the construction of a replica of an Ottoman military barracks, a mosque and an opera house in Istanbul’s main green space.
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled in October 2023 that his right to freedom and personal security had been violated, and therefore ordered a suspension of his trial. Atalay was arrested in April 2022 during protests that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described as an attempt to overthrow the government.
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