Turkish parliament OKs opening debate on lifting parliamentary immunity
Turkish parliament approved on Tuesday to open the issue of parliamentary immunity for debate with 348 for, 155 against, eight abstentions and 25 blank votes, DailySabah reported.
14 MP's were absent during the voting.
Early Wednesday the first article of the proposal to lift immunities was approved with 350 for and 148 against votes while 5 MP's abstained from voting and 27 blank votes came out of the ballot box.
Later on, the 2nd article of the proposal to lift immunities was approved in the parliament with 357 for and 149 against votes.
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