Saturday, February 15, 2014

Turkey's Parliament Gets Into Fight Over Judicial Control

Members of Turkey's parliament were left bleeding after a fight broke out during a debate.

Parliament was meeting late through Friday night and on into Saturday debating government controls over the judiciary.

Despite it's controversial nature, the bill eventually did pass.

The bill gives the government greater control over the judiciary.

Opposition members accuse Prime Minister Erdogan of violating separation of powers and seeking personal control over the judiciary.

Erdogan claims that the judiciary is controlled by radical groups and that the government must protect the country from them.

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