{"id":1110453,"date":"2021-12-12T00:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T05:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1110453"},"modified":"2021-12-12T00:43:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T05:43:38","slug":"budget-debate-insult-sparks-fistfight-in-turkish-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/budget-debate-insult-sparks-fistfight-in-turkish-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget Debate &#039;Insult&#039; Sparks Fistfight in Turkish Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbudget-debate-insult-sparks-fistfight-in-turkish-parliament%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1110453&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Brawl-in-Turkish-Parliament-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A brawl broke out inside Turkey\u2019s parliament this week after members of opposing political parties hurled insults at one another during a budget debate and the spat escalated into a melee, the Middle East Monitor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20211210-turkey-lawmakers-brawl-as-tensions-over-budget-escalate\/\">reported<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YolTV\/status\/1468518514474508289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1468518514474508289%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeastmonitor.com%2F20211210-turkey-lawmakers-brawl-as-tensions-over-budget-escalate%2F\">took place<\/a> on December 8 after Erkan Ayd\u0131n, a deputy of Turkey\u2019s main opposition Republican People\u2019s Party (CHP) asked a pointed question of Turkish Interior Minister S\u00fcleyman Soylu, who belongs to Turkey\u2019s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.453257790368\">\n<p lang=\"tr\" dir=\"ltr\">Meclis&#8217;te Soylu ile CHP&#8217;li vekiller aras\u0131nda gerginlik: Ortal\u0131k kar\u0131\u015ft\u0131, AKP&#8217;li vekiller CHP&#8217;li vekillere sald\u0131rd\u0131<\/p>\n<p>CHP&#8217;li vekiller Meclis&#8217;te Soylu&#8217;ya Sezgin Baran Korkmaz&#8217;\u0131n u\u00e7a\u011f\u0131n\u0131 kulland\u0131\u011f\u0131 i\u00e7in tepki g\u00f6sterince Soylu &#8216;hesap vereceksiniz&#8217; diyerek vekilleri tehdit etti. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f5Lz0VGySB\">pic.twitter.com\/f5Lz0VGySB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yol TV (@YolTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YolTV\/status\/1468518514474508289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRecordings of the debate show Aydin asking Soylu about his association to a Turkish businessman who is currently jailed in Austria and facing charges of bribery, fraud, and money laundering,\u201d according to the Middle East Monitor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did you get on the plane of Sezgin Baran Korkmaz?\u201d he asked Soylu.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Aydin then held up a photo allegedly showing Soylu on the airplane in question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour picture has been disclosed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said there was no other plane. You would have told the President,\u201d Aydin added, referring to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan.<\/p>\n<p>Soylu angrily responded to Aydin\u2019s accusations, dismissing them as lies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re lying! You are a liar!\u201d he shouted at Aydin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The fiery exchange sparked a scuffle on the parliament floor between CHP and AKP legislators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast month, several brawls erupted during budget talks in parliament, mostly in those including Soylu,\u201d Duvar, a Turkish news site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/turkish-interior-ministers-insult-to-opposition-deputy-prompts-fist-fight-in-parliament-video-59787\">recalled<\/a>&nbsp;on December 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurkey\u2019s parliament is no stranger to brawls, with almost all talks getting marred by fights,\u201d Duvar acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s scuffle between AKP and CHP lawmakers marked the second physical altercation in Turkey\u2019s parliament this week, according to the Middle East Monitor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Monday [December 6], ruling party deputies called on Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop to reprimand (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu for his use of an \u2018offensive\u2019 hand gesture during a speech,\u201d according to the news site.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish parliament was discussing the 2022 budget of Turkey\u2019s Industry and Technology Ministry and Turkey\u2019s Interior Ministry prior to both conflicts on December 6 and December 8. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/turkeys-woes-havent-spread-to-broader-emerging-markets-11638959405\">worsening<\/a> currency crisis in Turkey has caused heightened tensions during recent parliamentary budget debates. The Turkish Lira lost about 45 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar in the past 12 months.&nbsp; The currency devaluation has caused inflation in Turkey to surge to roughly 21 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver recent years, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spearheaded economic policy, quickly removing economic officials that oppose him,\u201d according to the Middle East Monitor. \u201cSince mid-2019 three central bank governors have been removed after failing to support Erdogan\u2019s low-interest rate proposals, a policy he believes will stimulate investment and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Experts warn President Erdo\u011fan\u2019s economic approach \u201ccarries significant risks and could prompt more serious financial instability,\u201d the news site noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brawl broke out inside Turkey\u2019s parliament this week after members of opposing political parties hurled insults at one another during a budget debate and the spat escalated into a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1110453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}