Critical day for Can Atalay: Parliament Speaker Kurtulmuş grants appointment to Erkan Baş following Constitutional Court ruling

Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş has granted an appointment to TİP Chairman Erkan Baş, who requested a meeting following the Constitutional Court's (AYM) ruling on Can Atalay. Kurtulmuş and Baş will meet at the Parliament tomorrow at 13:00 to discuss the Can Atalay agenda.

Meanwhile, at the Party Assembly meeting chaired by Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Özgür Özel, the CHP parliamentary group was tasked with calling for an extraordinary session of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) on August 14 regarding the situation of TİP Hatay MP Can Atalay.

Meanwhile, at the Party Assembly meeting chaired by Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Özgür Özel, the CHP parliamentary group was tasked with calling for an extraordinary session of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) on August 14 regarding the situation of TİP Hatay MP Can Atalay.

In this context, contact will also be established with the political parties in the TBMM to ensure the application is made with the highest number of signatures. 

WHAT HAPPENED?

The Constitutional Court's (AYM) decision regarding the appeals against the revocation of TİP Hatay MP Can Atalay's parliamentary status, which was based on his prison sentence in the Gezi Park protests case, was published in the Official Gazette on August 1.

Following the decision, all eyes turned to Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş, and TİP Chairman Erkan Baş requested an appointment from Kurtulmuş to discuss Atalay's situation.

After the AYM's decision on August 1 regarding the application concerning the revocation of Can Atalay's parliamentary status, Atalay's lawyers also applied to the Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court on the same day for his release. The lawyers' request for release has not been answered for 6 days.