FILE PHOTO: Enis Berberoglu, the first lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) jailed amid government purges following a failed military coup in 2016 and released from prison last month takes his oath at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey jailed three opposition lawmakers late on Thursday after parliament stripped them of their status as deputies, their two parties said, a move criticised by the country's Western allies and rights groups.
Leyla Guven and Musa Farisogullari from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), and Enis Berberoglu of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), had their status removed after convictions against them became final.
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