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Turkish authorities on Sunday arrested a pro-Kurdish opposition MP who had refused to leave parliament

Our deputy (Omer) Faruk Gergerlioglu has been placed in custody,” the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), parliament’s third largest, said on Twitter.

The parliament on Wednesday revoked the seat of Gergerlioglu, an outspoken rights defender, and his accompanying immunity from prosecution after a controversial conviction over a social media post.

Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu (C, front row with a blue mask), a human rights advocate and lawmaker from the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and his colleagues pose after the parliament stripped his parliamentary seat, in Ankara, on March 17, 2021. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)

 

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