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Turkey’s law to lift MPs immunity sparks controversy

Saturday, 11 June 2016 12:50 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 11 June 2016 12:50 AM ]

This handout photo released by the Turkish Presidential Press Office and taken on May 13, 2016 shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking after receiving an honorary Doctorate from the Kocaeli University in Kocaeli. (AFP)

Verenia Keet
Press TV, Istanbul

Analysts see a direct link between a new law signed by Turkish President Rejeb Tayyip Erdogan that lifts lawmakers’ immunity from prosecution, and ousting the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party from parliament. Erdogan says the HDP is the political arm of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party. Our correspondent Verenia Keet reports from Istanbul.

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