Erdogan seeks to strip 21 Kurdish, opposition MPs of immunity
Erdogan seeks to strip 21 Kurdish, opposition MPs of immunity
The office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has, submitted 33 legal cases against 21 Kurdish and opposition lawmakers aimed at stripping them of their parliamentary immunity and paving the way for conviction, imprisonment, and ouster from their elected positions as a result of their individual politics.
Turkish state media said on Wednesday that among the MPs to be targeted by the judiciary were the two co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli who represent constituencies in Istanbul and the Kurdish province of Van, respectively.
No further details regarding the legal files' content were available on the public-funded Anadolu; however, other pro-government media reported that authorities had accused the lawsuits' subjects of affiliation with a "terrorist organization."