[Iran Press TV] Turkish politicians have clashed with each other over a parliamentary motion to abolish special courts, according to Turkish media.The motion was proposed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
It provides scrapping of special courts used in the trials of alleged coup plots and widely criticized by European institutions and human rights
...not to be confused with
individual rights,mind you...
groups.
Local newspapers on Monday published photos of AK Party politicians with the main Kurdish party BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) in a brawl in parliament over the proposed measure, which the opposition has slammed as merely "cosmetic."
Hundreds of people including journalists, generals, and academics are currently tossed in the clink
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
and are awaiting trial on terrorism and coup attempt charges. The special courts were created by the government in 2005 to replace state security courts.