Turkish Parliament receives requests to lift immunity of 12 lawmakers, including opposition leader

Turkey’s parliament has received requests seeking to lift the legislative immunity of 12 lawmakers, including Özgür Özel, leader of the country’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), according to parliamentary records. The speaker’s office referred 14 files to a joint committee made up of members of parliament’s Constitution and Justice committees. The number of files […] The post Turkish Parliament receives requests to lift immunity of 12 lawmakers, including opposition leader ap...

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