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
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