"Our (parliamentary) group has effectively pulled out from parliament as of today. It will not participate in any work there," Ahmet Turk, co-chair of the Democratic Society Party (DTP), told reporters after a party meeting.

The move appeared to be a step back from a decision made before Turkey's constitutional court announced its verdict Friday, under which DTP lawmakers would have resigned from their parliamentary seats if the party was disbanded.

The court outlawed the DTP on grounds it was linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has led a bloody 25-year insurgency in the southeast and is listed as a terrorist group by Ankara and much of the international community.

The DTP has come under pressure to keep its members in parliament to demonstrate commitment to a political solution to the Kurdish conflict.

The party was left with 19 members in the 550-seat legislature after two deputies, including Turk, were stripped of their seats as part of Friday's verdict.