DEM Party MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu and DEVA Party MPs Mehmet Emin Ekmen and Burak Dalgın were removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee meeting.

Gergerlioğlu described the removal as a ‘coup and scandal’ and emphasised that this was a first in the history of the Parliament.

Gergerlioğlu said: “It is written on the wall ‘Sovereignty belongs to the nation unconditionally’, but MPs are being taken out. In the General Assembly, all MPs can attend secret sessions, but here, in the commission, we were asked to leave by citing an internal regulation article. This is against the principles of the constitution.”

Gergerlioğlu criticised the action, saying, "This scandal also took place in the parliament of this nation. While we could attend the secret session in the General Assembly, we were not asked to attend here. What kind of a scandal is this?’