In its response to HDP parliamentarians’ demand to have their immunities lifted, the parliament said that it could not process this request since the relevant commission has not yet been formed.

After Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s targeting of HDP parliamentarians and threat of ‘removing their immunities,’ HDP had asked the parliament to lift its parliamentarians’ immunity. The parliament responded by saying that it could not process this request since the relevant commission has not yet been formed.