18.06.2026 18:50
14 immunity files concerning 12 members of parliament, including Özgür Özel and İYİ Party Deputy Group Chairman Turhan Çömez, were submitted to the Speaker's Office of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. While presidential decrees were referred to the Joint Commission, there are two files each regarding Özel and Sarıgül.
12 parliamentary immunity files concerning 14 MPs, including Özgür Özel and İYİ Party Deputy Group Chair Turhan Çömez, were submitted to the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM). The presidential memoranda regarding the lifting of parliamentary immunity were referred by the Assembly Speaker to the Joint Commission, composed of members from the Constitutional and Justice Committees.
NOTABLE NAMES ON THE LIST The files sent to the Joint Commission include many well-known figures from opposition parties. The MPs for whom memoranda have been prepared are as follows:
Özgür Özel CHP Manisa MP Özgür Özel
İYİ Party Deputy Group Chair Turhan Çömez
Turhan Çömez CHP Erzincan MP Mustafa Sarıgül
CHP Çanakkale MP İsmet Güneşhan
CHP Zonguldak MP Eylem Ertuğ Ertuğrul
CHP Sivas MP Ulaş Karasu
CHP Aydın MP Süleyman Bülbül
CHP Istanbul MP Cemal Enginyurt
Cemal Enginyurt CHP Karabük MP Cevdet Akay
İYİ Party Afyonkarahisar MP Hakan Şeref Olgun
New Path Party Ankara MP Mesut Doğan
TİP Istanbul MP Ahmet Şık
TWO FILES EACH FOR ÖZEL AND SARIGÜL Two names stand out in the distribution of the 14 immunity files received by the Parliament. It was learned that Özgür Özel and CHP Erzincan MP Mustafa Sarıgül each have two immunity files. The Joint Commission will take up these files in the coming days and begin its review.