BREAKING AND UPDATE: fight breaks out among MPs in Turkey parliament

Jan 12, 2016  00H:36 GMT/UTC/ZULU TIME

by Alara Berrak and Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Ankara

A fight broke out during a debate in the Turkish parliament on Wednesday.

Turkish lawmakers from the ruling AK Party clashed with members of the opposition Republican's People Party when an MP tried to film a voting session.

They were debating constitutional changes that would give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan new powers to hire and dismiss government ministers.

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