How did Turkey's parliament respond to the July 15 coup attempt?
A day after the attempted 2016 coup attempt, politicians from all parties in parliament came together on July 16 to issue a joint condemnation. This declaration underlined a parliamentary commitment to democracy.
The Turkish parliament convened for an extraordinary session following the failed coup attempt on July 16, 2016 in Ankara, Turkey.
Joint Resolution Adopted at the Extraordinary Meeting of the General Assembly, 16 July, 2016:
Signatories
İsmail Kahraman — Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu — Head of the CHP Group in the Grand National Assembly
Devlet Bahçeli — Head of the MHP Group in the Grand National Assembly
Binali Yıldırım — Head of the AK Party Group in the Grand National Assembly
İdris Baluken — Acting Head of the HDP Group in the Grand National Assembly
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