Turkey's newly elected Parliament convened Tuesday for the first time since the June 12 elections with the independent deputies boycotting the body and the main opposition party refusing to take the oath, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Republican People's Party (CHP), deputy Oktay Ekşi chaired the first gathering of the assembly as the eldest member of Parliament.
Ekşi made a short speech before the ceremony, expressing that this was the first time the Turkish Parliament has convened with deputies missing, as eight of them are currently under arrest. "This situation is not becoming of this assembly's glory and the level of democracy we have achieved," he said.
Newly elected Turkish Parliament convenes with missing deputies
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