Mass brawl in Turkish parliament as pro-Erdogan MPs trade blows with opposition
A mass brawl erupted in the Turkish parliament on Friday with rival politicians trading blows in front of the speaker’s lectern.
The fracas began when Ahmet Şık, an MP from the Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP), insulted the members of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party.
His verbal attack, delivered from the speaker’s dais, sparked a furious reaction from a group of AK Party MPs.
They stormed the platform with one MP slapping Mr Sik and forcing him to the floor.
Mr Sik responded by throwing punches at rival lawmakers as a mass brawl broke out involving around 40 MPs.
Deputy Speaker Bekir Bozdag was forced to suspend the session for 15 minutes while order was restored.
The fight took place during an extraordinary parliamentary session called to discuss the status of Can Atalay, the TIP MP serving an 18-year jail sentence for “aiding an attempt to overthrow” the Turkish government.
TIP is a Left-wing opposition party that strongly supports the rights of Kurdish people, while AK is Turkey’s ruling party, headed by President Erdogan.
Mr Atalay, 48, was sentenced in 2022 but was elected an MP for TİP last year while still in jail.
His imprisonment has been described as a “gross injustice” by Amnesty International who have called for his immediate release.
In January 2024, the parliament stripped Mr Atalay of his seat despite a ruling by the country’s Constitutional Court which had blocked the move.
The parliament is normally in summer recess until October 1 but opposition parties forced the extraordinary session to debate Mr Atalay’s status.
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40 comments
No Wonder why the turkish people live in poverty with these clowns running turkey
Wow not one punch landed
pkklı hainler,DEVLET itine tipine hâlâ maaş veriyor Dünyada başka ülkelerde göremezsin.
Hak edeni dövecen
Allah bu DEP Partisinin bin belasini versin,Dagda yenildikce PKK,Agzina geleni sayiyorlar Türklere, Milletinde bir sabri var,Sonrada Dayak yeyince Türkler Barbar oluyor.YETER!.DEP Meclisten gitmeli,CHP deki PKK lilarda
IT'S ALL AROUND THE WORLD TURKISH NATIONAL FREEDOM, the telegraph
IT'S ALL AROUND THE WORLD TURKISH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE, the telegraph
IT'S ALL AROUND THE WORLD TURKISH NATIONAL LIBERTY, the teleğfrhp THE END
They should keep fighting amongst themselves
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Idioten….
sansa marie bamboli weiter so.
Erdogan and his minions should not be allowed to run turkey anymore
Being politicians there will be no assault charges laid and no one arrested.
Let’s watch Sleepy Biden vs Trump the trampoline next
There is a reason Turks will never be admitted into the EU 😆
A lot of hammer fist no real push 😂😂😂
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Belli musulmani amatevi gli uni con gli altri IPOCRITI!!!!! 😢😢😢😢😢😢
VERY FUNNY NEWS🤣 TURKISH PPLS ARE VERY DIRTY MINDED
Only in turkiye 😎
wij hebben dit nodig in nederland😂😂😂😂
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Suits
Halkın oyu ile secilen lerin maaşı askari üçret kadar. Olmalı. Bu az gın lık haram yemek den dir fkir fukarsnın hakkı azgınlık yaptırır
These are the Turks, like Neanderthals
Assim devia ser em Portugal com o Marcelo lá dentro
This is what the West calls democracy !
Treba podjeliti pištolje
Animal Planet ( BBC chanel)
Turkey is damn joke country
This is Exactly what was going on in the Afghan parliament, The representative.so Eevre one have same papillon,and that could cost series problem for the Government,if the ignore this.
Turkish donar kebab is very testy
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ı love democracy taiwan 0 turkey 1
Tutkish customs. 😂😂😂
Ok, primary house right side secondary home left side when facing the building on the property. Well, im living below my existence but its my pr
Juuuppiiiii
Cornos broxas corruptos, babá ovos🐍🎚🐍🎚🐍🎚🐍🎚🐍
Democracy festival in Turkish parliament
Versão turca do ficou ofendidinho
Pov= duvido que tenha algum Br aqui,mas comentei ,mesmo assim
Are the democrats going to blame Trump for that too?