14-06-2017 16:23

Turkey arrests main opposition MP after 25-year jail verdict

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced a Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker to 25 years jail for leaking classified material to the press, the first time a main opposition party deputy has been arrested in an ongoing crackdown.CHP lawmaker Enis Berberoglu had not been detained during his trial but after the verdict was announced he was immediately placed under arrest at the Istanbul criminal court, state-run Anadolu news agency said.A dozen lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democrati
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