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Turkey's Erdogan hails contentious immunity bill as 'historic'


Friday, 20 May, 2016 , 11:57

Ankara, May 20, 2016 (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday lauded as "historic" a hotly-contested bill that could see dozens of MPs including pro-Kurdish lawmakers evicted from parliament.

"It's a historic vote," Erdogan said in a televised speech in his hometown of Rize in the Black Sea coast, as parliament was voting on the overall bill. "My people do not want to see guilty lawmakers in this parliament."