Arrested HDP MPs behaving like terrorists: Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused arrested lawmakers of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) of behaving like terrorists, saying they aim to put Turkey into trouble in the international scene.

Speaking at the opening of the academic year of a private university in Istanbul, Erdogan said the held deputies had insulted the government, nation and law by using their parliamentary immunities.

"If you [the HDP MPs] act like a terrorist instead of a lawmaker then you are treated like terrorists... I'm clear. I have no worries about these international attacks. Only the nation matters to me," he said.

He also criticized the West for their biases against Turkey following the reaction of some European countries to the detentions of the HDP co-chairs and other deputies Friday for failing to answer public prosecutors’ summons linked to a counter-terrorism probe.

"When does the West have a good dream about Turkey? Never." Erdogan said, adding: "So, what can Turkey expect from the West after having waited in front of the European Union's door for 53 years?"
   [aa.com.tr]
6/11/16