Punches fly as Turkish MPs debate judicial reform


  • World
  • Sunday, 12 Jan 2014

A large Turkish flag flutters over Taksim square in central Istanbul January 10, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish parliamentarians threw punches and water bottles during a debate on Saturday about government control over the appointment of judges and prosecutors, as a feud over the ruling party's handling of a corruption scandal intensified.

One MP leapt on a table and launched a flying kick as others wrestled and punched at each other, with document folders, plastic water bottles and even an iPad flying through the air, a Reuters correspondent in the room said.

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