Erdogan calls for PDN group of deputies to be deprived of immunity

Speaking at today's meeting with Mukhtars (village heads) in Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged parliamentarians to deprive five MPs from the pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party of their immunity, including co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figena Yuksekdag, who he believes support the banned PKK and organizations of Syrian Kurds associated with them.

A corresponding request was previously sent to the Parliament by the prosecutor's office of the republic, RIA Novosti reports.