Turkey’s Parliament Holds Emergency Meeting

Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) held emergency meeting today upon the call of Republican People’s Party (CHP).

The parliament gathered to research the reasons of increasing terrorist attacks which threaten social peace and to take precautions against them.  

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) had called for the parliament to hold emergency meeting before but HDP couldn’t have the necessary amount of votes for the emergency meeting.

Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Şafak Pavey was the moderator; Bülent Arınç from the government, Mahir Ünal from Justice and Development Party (AKP), Levent Gök from CHP, Ümit Özdağ from Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and Osman Baydemir from HDP went up to the rostrum.

Şafak Pavey:

“Every kind of anxiety created here may turn violence in the streets. This country is more precious than our ambitions. We are in the parliament to contribute. The violence calls us to move very quickly. I believe that we will get out of difficulties if we follow our mutual memory. I respectfully greet the dear members of the parliament and start the session.”

Bülent Arınç:

“It was seen that separatist terror organization didn’t act according to the resolution process in spite of our positive steps. In 2013, armed fractions would have been taken out of the country. Politics and opinions would have been discussed instead of weapons. Separatist terror organization kept using violence. It was understood that HDP deputies indicated that they wanted to establish an independent country. That terror organization and its fractions used resolution process as a means of oppression.” (NV/BD)

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