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  WATCH: Turkish lawmakers engage in fistfight over debate on jailed opposition lawmaker

  World | August 17, 2024 9:58 IST

  Members of Erdogan's ruling AKP Party rushed to attack opposition lawmaker Ahmed Sik after he called for his colleague Can Atalay's reinstatement in the Parliament and called the ruling party a "terrorist organisation". Atalay was imprisoned in 2018 for organising anti-government protests in 2013.

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  Turkish MP who suffered heart attack in Parliament after threatening Israel with 'God's wrath' dies

  World | December 14, 2023 17:46 IST

  The Turkish MP delivered an address at the General Assembly of the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday, where he slammed Recep Tayyip Erdogan-led government for continuing trade with Israel despite the sharp rhetoric on the war in Gaza. "You will not escape the wrath of Allah," he said to Israel.

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  Turkey: 1,000 detained including those with alleged links to Kurdish militants after suicide attack

  World | October 03, 2023 18:30 IST

  The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) had claimed responsibility for Sunday's suicide bomb attack near the Turkish Parliament. It has been designated as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the EU.

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  Turkey launches airstrikes on Kurdish terrorist targets in Iraq after suicide attack in Ankara

  World | October 02, 2023 16:33 IST

  A security camera footage of the "terrorist attack" near the Parliament shows the attacker getting out of the vehicle and blowing himself up. The PKK, designated as a terrorist group by Turkey and the US claimed responsibility for the attack.

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  Turkey: Suicide bomber detonates explosive near Parliament in Ankara, two police officers injured

  World | October 01, 2023 16:04 IST

  Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that another assailant was killed in a shootout with police. Earlier, Turkish media reported a deafening explosion following by gunfire in Ankara.

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  Turkish parliament OKs anti-terrorism action in Syria, Iraq

  World | October 03, 2014 6:10 IST

  Ankara: The Turkish parliament on Thursday passed a motion to authorise cross-border military actions in neighbouring Syria and Iraq to fight terrorist groups.Of the 396 parliament deputies who voted at Thursday's session, some 298 voted