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KURKCU: THEY ATTACKED OPPOSITION MPS WITH WHATEVER THEY COULD GET HOLD OF
02.18.2015 14:51NEWS
http://www.agos.com.tr/en/article/10619/kurkcu-they-attacked-opposition-mps-with-whatever-they-could-get-hold-of
Assaulted in Parliament during the meeting for the internal security
package, HDP Member of Parliament described the fight that broke out:
"You cannot but run for help when a friend of yours is being assaulted
by thugs. If there is a price to pay for that, we are prepared,
but the real problem here is that the Parliament is increasingly
resembling a slaughterhouse."
5 Members of Parliament were injured during the fight that broke out
during the parliamentary meeting for the omnibus bill known as the
'internal security package'. The fight began with taunts between
AKP and CHP and HDP Members of Parliament during the closed session
of the General Assembly, and turned into a full-blown fight during
which HDP MP Ertugrul Kurkcu, and CHP MPs Musa Cam, Aykut Erdogdu
and Mahmut Tanal were injured.
HDP MPs held a press conference at the Parliament today, and stated
that the AKP had to apologize especially because of the attack carried
out by its MPs on female parliamentarians.
HDP MPs stated that the session speaker AyÅ~_enur Bahcekapılı lost
her impartiality and adopted a hard stance against the opposition. "The
fact that Bahcekapılı remained silent in the face of violence will
go down in history," said Pervin Buldan, and called for an apology
from the AKP. HDP MP Ertugrul Kurkcu, who suffered a head injury
during the fight, came to the Parliament wearing a helmet today.
Pervin Buldan's statement was as follows:
"This bill will eventually bring the government down. We, as the HDP,
will do everything in our powers to prevent this draft law passing. We
once again issue a call from here. This package, which will draw Turkey
into a dark period, must immediately be withdrawn. The government
should focus on the peace process, and do whatever is necessary. The
deputy head of the AKP group must be investigated, and AKP MPs must
apologize from us."
Ertugrul Kurkcu explained the details of the fight with the following
words:
"I normally use this helmet to protect my head, but now I believe I
need it to protect myself from AKP MPs. I will use this equipment
in Parliament from now on. This is not mere black humour. What
we experienced yesterday has left the impression that we have now
crossed a certain threshold. Mustafa ElitaÅ~_ [AKP MP] will soon tell
you how bad people we are, but if this were not a closed session,
this was what you would have seen:
When the AKP group deputy heads pressurised the session deputy head
to stop our friends from speaking, our MPs Pervin Buldan and Sebahat
Tuncel went up to the speaker's stand; upon which male AKP MPs began
to physically attack them, and we were impelled to go to the help of
our friends."
'They slung a punch at Tuncel'
"I could not have sat and watched for the sake of politeness when my
friends were being harassed. I went up to the front to prevent the
punch slung at Sebahat Tuncel, and I was hit myself, and then they
continued attacking us."
'Oktay Saral attacked MPs with speaker's hammer'
"I also witnessed AKP MP Oktay Saral attack several opposition MPs
with the speaker's hammer. He was the one who injured [CHP MP] Aykut
Erdogdu. He was also the one who attacked [CHP MP] Mahmut Tanal. He
led the attacking regiment of the AKP. But even more importantly,
other AKP MPs took no objection to these attacks, they saw no harm
in women MPs being disrespectfully harassed, which proved that their
previous words about Ozgecan Aslan [the student who was brutally
raped and murdered in Mersin] were insincere."
"Yes, I might have staved off this attack with a few scratches, but
no one can know beforehand what can happen in such attacks. [CHP
MP] Musa Cam could have faced a much more serious injury [Cam
was hospitalized]. We have to question the motivation for them to
collectively attack opposition MPs in Parliament. I believe that the
internal security package has become an issue of life and death for
them. Either this draft law passes, or their power is threatened."
"I ask you to imagine this: Police forces will be formed with the
same mentality as these AKP MPs if this draft law passes. The same
goes for plainclothes policemen and the gendarmerie. And if we are
to lend an ear to the President's call, even civilians will act the
same. We shall keep this incident in our mind as an example of how
law enforcement will use its powers to resort to force, duress or
firearms to turn the country into a slaughterhouse if this law passes."
"All this took place with no access to the public because of the
AKP's decision to hold a closed session. I would have liked you to
witness it, but then again, I would have not, as human beings. You
would have abandoned the Parliament if you had seen MPs speak and
act in that manner towards their colleagues."
"After speaking about women's rights and women's presence all day,
for them to attack our female colleagues in this manner, and for us
to adopt our traditional role to protect them, makes me feel both
unfortunate, and like a victim. You cannot but run for help when
a friend is being assaulted by thugs. If there is a price to pay
for that, we are prepared, but the real problem here is that the
Parliament is increasingly resembling a slaughterhouse."
ElitaÅ~_: Women MPs assaulted themselves
AKP Group Deputy Head Mustafa ElitaÅ~_ also made a statement regarding
the attack on HDP MPs Pervin Buldan and Sebahat Tuncel in the General
Assembly, and said: "The women MPs assaulted themselves. They carried
out the assault. From what I understand, they hit themselves. No AKP
MP would attack others, especially women."
02.18.2015 14:51NEWS
http://www.agos.com.tr/en/article/10619/kurkcu-they-attacked-opposition-mps-with-whatever-they-could-get-hold-of
Assaulted in Parliament during the meeting for the internal security
package, HDP Member of Parliament described the fight that broke out:
"You cannot but run for help when a friend of yours is being assaulted
by thugs. If there is a price to pay for that, we are prepared,
but the real problem here is that the Parliament is increasingly
resembling a slaughterhouse."
5 Members of Parliament were injured during the fight that broke out
during the parliamentary meeting for the omnibus bill known as the
'internal security package'. The fight began with taunts between
AKP and CHP and HDP Members of Parliament during the closed session
of the General Assembly, and turned into a full-blown fight during
which HDP MP Ertugrul Kurkcu, and CHP MPs Musa Cam, Aykut Erdogdu
and Mahmut Tanal were injured.
HDP MPs held a press conference at the Parliament today, and stated
that the AKP had to apologize especially because of the attack carried
out by its MPs on female parliamentarians.
HDP MPs stated that the session speaker AyÅ~_enur Bahcekapılı lost
her impartiality and adopted a hard stance against the opposition. "The
fact that Bahcekapılı remained silent in the face of violence will
go down in history," said Pervin Buldan, and called for an apology
from the AKP. HDP MP Ertugrul Kurkcu, who suffered a head injury
during the fight, came to the Parliament wearing a helmet today.
Pervin Buldan's statement was as follows:
"This bill will eventually bring the government down. We, as the HDP,
will do everything in our powers to prevent this draft law passing. We
once again issue a call from here. This package, which will draw Turkey
into a dark period, must immediately be withdrawn. The government
should focus on the peace process, and do whatever is necessary. The
deputy head of the AKP group must be investigated, and AKP MPs must
apologize from us."
Ertugrul Kurkcu explained the details of the fight with the following
words:
"I normally use this helmet to protect my head, but now I believe I
need it to protect myself from AKP MPs. I will use this equipment
in Parliament from now on. This is not mere black humour. What
we experienced yesterday has left the impression that we have now
crossed a certain threshold. Mustafa ElitaÅ~_ [AKP MP] will soon tell
you how bad people we are, but if this were not a closed session,
this was what you would have seen:
When the AKP group deputy heads pressurised the session deputy head
to stop our friends from speaking, our MPs Pervin Buldan and Sebahat
Tuncel went up to the speaker's stand; upon which male AKP MPs began
to physically attack them, and we were impelled to go to the help of
our friends."
'They slung a punch at Tuncel'
"I could not have sat and watched for the sake of politeness when my
friends were being harassed. I went up to the front to prevent the
punch slung at Sebahat Tuncel, and I was hit myself, and then they
continued attacking us."
'Oktay Saral attacked MPs with speaker's hammer'
"I also witnessed AKP MP Oktay Saral attack several opposition MPs
with the speaker's hammer. He was the one who injured [CHP MP] Aykut
Erdogdu. He was also the one who attacked [CHP MP] Mahmut Tanal. He
led the attacking regiment of the AKP. But even more importantly,
other AKP MPs took no objection to these attacks, they saw no harm
in women MPs being disrespectfully harassed, which proved that their
previous words about Ozgecan Aslan [the student who was brutally
raped and murdered in Mersin] were insincere."
"Yes, I might have staved off this attack with a few scratches, but
no one can know beforehand what can happen in such attacks. [CHP
MP] Musa Cam could have faced a much more serious injury [Cam
was hospitalized]. We have to question the motivation for them to
collectively attack opposition MPs in Parliament. I believe that the
internal security package has become an issue of life and death for
them. Either this draft law passes, or their power is threatened."
"I ask you to imagine this: Police forces will be formed with the
same mentality as these AKP MPs if this draft law passes. The same
goes for plainclothes policemen and the gendarmerie. And if we are
to lend an ear to the President's call, even civilians will act the
same. We shall keep this incident in our mind as an example of how
law enforcement will use its powers to resort to force, duress or
firearms to turn the country into a slaughterhouse if this law passes."
"All this took place with no access to the public because of the
AKP's decision to hold a closed session. I would have liked you to
witness it, but then again, I would have not, as human beings. You
would have abandoned the Parliament if you had seen MPs speak and
act in that manner towards their colleagues."
"After speaking about women's rights and women's presence all day,
for them to attack our female colleagues in this manner, and for us
to adopt our traditional role to protect them, makes me feel both
unfortunate, and like a victim. You cannot but run for help when
a friend is being assaulted by thugs. If there is a price to pay
for that, we are prepared, but the real problem here is that the
Parliament is increasingly resembling a slaughterhouse."
ElitaÅ~_: Women MPs assaulted themselves
AKP Group Deputy Head Mustafa ElitaÅ~_ also made a statement regarding
the attack on HDP MPs Pervin Buldan and Sebahat Tuncel in the General
Assembly, and said: "The women MPs assaulted themselves. They carried
out the assault. From what I understand, they hit themselves. No AKP
MP would attack others, especially women."