Turkish court refuses to release jailed MP despite top court ruling

FILE PHOTO: Erkan Bas, the leader of Workers' Party of Turkey (TIP) speaks near a portrait of Can Atalay, a jailed MP of TIP, at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, June 2, 2023. Atalay has not been released despite a law that opens a way for jailed politicians to be released from prison if they are elected to parliament. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court refused on Wednesday to release the newly elected opposition lawmaker Can Atalay despite a Constitutional Court ruling that his rights to security, liberty and to be elected were violated.

The Constitutional Court issued the ruling last week, saying he should be released immediately.