With 376 voting in favor in the Turkish parliament, a constitutional amendment which strips all members of parliament of their legal immunity has been passed without the need for a public referendum, setting the stage for promised crackdowns against opposition MPs by the Erdogan government.
President Erdogan has repeatedly accused the HDP, an opposition party centered in the ethnic Kurdish southeast, of “terrorism” for speaking out against his military crackdown against the cities in their districts. Reports are that 667 legal cases are already pending, mostly against the HDP but with some targeting other opposition MPs, just waiting for Erdogan to sign off on the new amendment.
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President Erdogan reportedly said the following when he was the mayor of Istanbul:
"Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off."
I would say that arresting a large segment of one's parliament means you've come to your stop.
Why are we still supporting these people?
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