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Erdogan urges end to pro-Kurdish MPs' immunity from prosecution


Wednesday, 16 March, 2016 , 12:03

Ankara, March 16, 2016 (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called on parliament to "swiftly" end the immunity from prosecution of pro-Kurdish lawmakers, accusing them of "inciting terrorism."

"We must swiftly finalise the issue of immunities. Parliament must take steps on this issue swiftly," Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara, also repeating his call to expand the definition of terrorism.