Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Opposition ups pressure on parliamentary speaker over Turkish PM’s tenure - POLITICS

Opposition ups pressure on parliamentary speaker over Turkish PM’s tenure

ANKARA

The absence of the official publication of the final results of the Aug. 10 presidential election has led to the opposition claiming that the Prime Ministry is conducting “official censorship.”

Meanwhile, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) formally appealed to the Parliament Speaker’s Office on Aug. 19 to end President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s membership of Parliament, in line with the Constitution.

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