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Parliamentary Speaker says HDP's Güzel 'should be stripped of legislative immunity'

Parliamentary Speaker says HDP's Güzel 'should be stripped of legislative immunity'

After her pictures from 2014 with Volkan Bora, a PKK member killed by security forces in 2017, were leaked to the press, it has caused debates about HDP MP Semra Güzel. Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Şentop has also talked about the issue.

11 January 2022

Parliament to 'evaluate' top court decision for dismissed MP's reinstatement

Parliament to 'evaluate' top court decision for dismissed MP's reinstatement

The Constitutional Court ruled on January 21 for the second time that Berberoğlu's right to be elected was violated after he was stripped of MP status.

11 February 2021

Parliamentary Speaker condemns the attack on TİP MP Barış Atay

Parliamentary Speaker condemns the attack on TİP MP Barış Atay

Turkey’s Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Şentop has condemned the attack on Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) Vice Chair and Hatay MP Barış Atay. “What is necessary is being done to identify and investigate the perpetrators,” he has said.

1 September 2020

Parliamentary Speaker Şentop: It Wouldn’t Be Right for me to Visit Leyla Güven

Parliamentary Speaker Şentop: It Wouldn’t Be Right for me to Visit Leyla Güven

Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Şentop has stated that HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 173 days, is not on hunger strike due to her own situation and it would not be right for him to pay a visit to Güven.