Ruling party and opposition lawmakers turned the Turkish parliament into a
battlefield once again Tuesday during an 18-hour session debating a contentious
bill to broaden police powers.
Several deputies were injured in a third outbreak of serious fighting
within a week in the Turkish parliament, as the ruling Justice and Development
Party (AKP) seeks to push through the contentious homeland security bill, which critics claim could turn
Turkey back into a police state. More photos below .....
Some MPs from the opposition
Republican People’s Party (CHP) shouted slogans such as “This is only a beginning.
Keep on the struggle!” The parliament, where the AKP has a comfortable
majority, passed six articles from the bill at dawn, including a controversial
measure giving police the powers to detain people for up to 48 hours without
the authorisation of a prosecutor.
Angry lawmakers jostled and
crowded round the raised podium where the session was being chaired by deputy
speaker Aysenur Bahcekapili, who was grabbed by some MPs. The intensity and
length of the session proved too much for some deputies and doctors were called
into the chamber to administer first aid and take blood pressure
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