Brawl during debate over jailed politician exposes depth of political resentments
A debate about a jailed lawmaker descended into a brawl in Turkey’s parliament on Friday that left three MPs injured, exposing the depth of political resentments as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling party duels with an emboldened opposition.
Lawmakers had been attending a special session about Can Atalay, who was in 2022 sentenced to 18 years in prison over his alleged role in 2013’s Gezi park demonstrations, one of the most serious popular uprisings against Erdoğan. Atalay has protested his innocence. Atalay was elected as an MP in the May 2023 general election, and Turkey’s constitutional court ruled he should be released from prison because holding him in detention infringed his rights to “engage in political activities”.
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