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By Akin Nazli in Belgrade Adil Karaismailoglu, a lawmaker who served as transport minister between 2020 and 2023, last week kicked and punched Ali Bozan, an MP of the pro-Kurdish DEM Party, during a session in the Turkish parliament. The attack was described by local media reports and captured in part on video. “The [ruling] AKP [Justice and Development Party] regularly steals from the pockets of the worker, the public servant and the retiree via the TUIK [the Turkish Statistical Institute, or TurkStat],” Bozan remarked prior to the violent assault on him conducted by Karaismailoglu and other …

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