Monday, 30 May 2016

What's behind Turkey's bill of immunity (Ahmed al-Burai, Al Jazeera)

The new leader of the AKP, Binali Yildirim [centre] poses with MPs as he casts his vote during a debate to lift the immunity of Turkish parliamentarians [Reuters]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly been calling for the prosecution of the mainly Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) members of the parliament, accusing them of acting as a political wing of the outlawed terrorist organisation, Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/turkey-bill-immunity-160529083635081.html

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